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So back in the day, perhaps over a decade ago, I remember stumbling upon a textfile that was along the lines of "interesting IP addresses on the net" (does anyo
by makmanalp 10y ago
So back in the day, perhaps over a decade ago, I remember stumbling upon a textfile that was along the lines of "interesting IP addresses on the net" (does anyone know what I'm talking about? I can't find it since.) and one of them was a very curious telnet console that had all sorts of settings. Googling the terms, it looked like it was the control panel for a microwave antenna. I was too scared to mess with it though. I only remember exploring through the menu options. I never figured out where it was or what it did, but I remember it was surprising to me at the time that standalone hardware would have a telnet terminal.
- redbeard0x0a 10y agoFast forward to today and we have a huge multitude of IoT devices with telnet interfaces (a ton of webcams) and default (and hardcoded) passwords... Now we have the Mirai botnet...