Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan visitors

Re:Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan vi... by Cyder on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @02:15PM (#36590554)

can't the browser download the webpage that contains code to scan 127.0.0.1 then forward the data back to the server? this would also bypass vpn protection.

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Re:Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan vi... by NoZebra120vClip on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @03:23AM (#36596824)

Are you suggesting that as a bypass for Brave's protection or something? And you do understand that this is how browsers work in general, by downloading code, running, and forwarding data back to servers?

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Re:Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan vi... by nateb2022 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @04:51PM (#36606928)

I believe Cyder was explaining his (and my) understanding of what this new Brave feature is trying to prevent. That is the kind of behavior that this feature is putting a stop to, localhost connections.

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