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Re:UK Government scans all web servers hosted in the UK for ... by hannob on Friday November 04, 2022 @02:36PM (#33471631)
Not as annoying as getting DDoS'ed with amplification attacks because some people can't properly configure their servers... (Also I doubt the BND does this, as another commenter pointed out.)
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Re:UK Government scans all web servers hosted in the UK for ... by treesknees on Friday November 04, 2022 @06:34PM (#33474912)
That depends on whether the BND are testing that it could be used in an attack, or just seeing a port is open. Having UDP/11211 could mean you're running a vulnerable memcached service, but not necessarily so.
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Re:UK Government scans all web servers hosted in the UK for ... by belter on Friday November 04, 2022 @06:41PM (#33474992)
As others pointed out, its indeed the BSI not the BND. Sorry for the confusion.
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