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Re:Raccoon Attack by ljhsiung on Friday September 11, 2020 @06:28PM (#24447993)
I thought heartbleed was a decent name. A callback to the heartbeat protocol

I think DROWN was kiiinda pushing it.

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Re:Raccoon Attack by tptacek on Friday September 11, 2020 @07:02PM (#24448239)
It's memorable, and DROWN is an _amazing_ attack.
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Re:Raccoon Attack by ljhsiung on Friday September 11, 2020 @08:19PM (#24448728)
I agree that it was amazing and super cool! Rather it's just a comment on the relevance of the name to the actual attack, contorted to the purpose of a cool acronym.

Just to stoke some fires, I think poodle is also in that bag.

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Re:Raccoon Attack by tptacek on Friday September 11, 2020 @09:03PM (#24448951)
The comment isn't wrong about the name, I'm just compelled to say how awesome DROWN is every time it's mentioned anywhere. It's really spectacular work.
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Re:Raccoon Attack by exikyut on Saturday September 12, 2020 @12:51AM (#24449923)
Hmm, the site design is rather similar (done by the same person): https://drownattack.com/
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