If you don't know what you're doing, it's easy to misconfigure iptables or whatever and inadvertently allow traffic from the internet to Memcached. A quick Sho

If you don't know what you're doing, it's easy to misconfigure iptables or whatever and inadvertently allow traffic from the internet to Memcached. A quick Shodan search[1] shows like 90k boxes publicly accessible Memcached. Misconfiguration of firewalls is a serious problem. [1] https://www.shodan.io/search?query=11211 https://www.shodan.io/search?query=11211