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Who says that you even need a file of defined size? Rig up a server to continually serve pseudorandom data over https.
by stu2010 6y ago
Who says that you even need a file of defined size? Rig up a server to continually serve pseudorandom data over https.
- eqvinox 6y agoThe idea is to attack HTTP servers you don't already own ;) (Instagram is the reflection attacker, not the target.) [Add.: sure you could try to attack Instagram/FB with this, but to execute it you kinda need to trump FB's bandwidth which is gonna turn it into a DoS on your own bank account.]
- ada1981 6y agoOooo that too I guess. Also looks like this multiplies the download. I wonder if they cache it somehow so if the url is requested more than once it doesn’t pull it again. I wonder how much bandwidth one could consume with a bot account. Presumably if I message 100 urls they will all be pulled. The idea of an infinitely sized file is interesting.
- j_walter 6y agoThe point is to not DoS yourself at the same time...