Timeline for Dropping malicious packets as close to the source as possible
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| Apr 27, 2023 at 1:07 | vote | accept | bobuhito | ||
| Apr 26, 2023 at 1:07 | comment | added | Kevin | @Zac67: Even at the time it was IMHO rather suspect. Sure, you had to pay for a certificate (at the time), but stolen credit cards have always been a thing. | |
| Apr 25, 2023 at 17:20 | comment | added | Zac67♦ | @bobuhito That an HTTPS server is more trustworthy is thinking from 10+ years ago. There's absolutely no difference today. | |
| Apr 25, 2023 at 14:57 | comment | added | bobuhito | @user253751 My point about http vs https was that, since either type will learn my IP address if I go to it, an http site is more likely to do an attack like this since it is trusted less. | |
| Apr 25, 2023 at 14:01 | comment | added | Tonny | @bobuhito You can't keep your ip-address a true secret. It is a PUBLIC ip-address after all. What you can do is not to publish it anywhere and for most users there is no reason to do that anyway. Even when being careful with it you will still get unsolicited traffic. All sorts of parties (like ransomeware and virus makers, also some governments) scan the whole internet continuously for vulnerable devices. Not a large amount of traffic directed at your specific ip-address, but it will account for a small percentage of your data quota. | |
| Apr 25, 2023 at 11:03 | comment | added | Zac67♦ | @bobuhito Only moderators have access to that information - and we don't usually look that up. :-) | |
| Apr 25, 2023 at 10:24 | comment | added | bobuhito | By the way, does anyone know my public IP here? If so, please hash it in a comment instead of flooding my router ;) | |
| Apr 25, 2023 at 10:22 | comment | added | bobuhito | Thanks for the detailed answer. I finally see the best reason to keep my IP address a secret and only visit https sites (I'm already careful in what I download/install). | |
| Apr 25, 2023 at 7:28 | history | answered | Zac67♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |