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Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by fxtentacle on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:16PM (#23248641)
Yes, but before webrtc they were easy to block.
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Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by detaro on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:19PM (#23248676)
What do cryptominers need WebRTC for?
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Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by fxtentacle on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:01PM (#23249178)
To connect to arbitrary IPs and ports to send home the results of the calculations.
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Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by zlsa on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:33PM (#23249538)
Which can be done with HTTP as well.
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Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by fxtentacle on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:56PM (#23249802)
Yes, but that is A LOT easier to filter and detect, because then it'll be using the XHR API and HTTP protocol, whereas WebRTC allows free-form protocols.
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