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Re:The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet by weq on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @09:30PM (#36066133)
I remmeber this happening when i was gaming back in the 90s. back then then u didnt need much bandwidth to be a big guy either.
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Re:The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet by saganus on Thursday May 25, 2023 @12:12AM (#36066990)
Ah, nuking. That brings back memories.

I remember you had to use NukeNabber to block attacks to TCP port 139 IIRC.

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