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XGS_Is_On:
Hi All,

Following on from another conversation on port scanning I remember placing a link that goes to my home IP on a web page and immediately watching the port scanning skyrocket.

I've also thought about all those VPN ads admonishing people to protect themselves against hackers.

These are of course nonsense. A public IP gives at most a general geographical area unless the registry's records have more information, and we all get scanned constantly.

So let's prove the point and if any of you guys have nmap and just really feel like giving it exercise: home.carltspeak.me - have at it. Port scan protection deactivated and I don't log incoming rejections as there's no point. I'm also going to speculate I'm fairly safe against denial of service.

The takehome from this is when people get all freaked out about the idea of someone getting their public IP: really not. With the added bonus that of course I can't be sure I've all bases covered and there's not a flaw somewhere in my edge: it's configured for performance not security.

With that I'm back off to Visio purgatory.

meritez:
https://github.com/thesc1entist/j0lt

 ::)

https://github.com/Backgammonian/DNS-Amplification-Attack

 :P

https://github.com/snowcra5h/j0lt-ddos-tool

Can I, Can I?

XGS_Is_On:
Depends how much you value your freedom and, presumably, lack of a criminal record ;D

meritez:
So, free vps, install Tor, run attacks from a Tor exit node, done?

XGS_Is_On:
Good luck finding a TOR exit node with the bandwidth!

It was suggested to me I run an exit node however I'd be responsible for the data flowing though it and, well, hard no.

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