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		modeless on Nov 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Direct Sockets API in Chrome 131 Has there been a big ipv6 worm? I thought that the defense against worms was that scanning the address space was impractical due to the large size.

1oooqooq on Nov 2, 2024 [–]

i don't think they scan the entire space. but even before that there were ones abusing bonjour/upnp which is what chrome will bring back with this feature.

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