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> Blocks malicious websites from port-scanning your computer/network How does that work? A browser extension can't influence how your router and other machines
by vaylian 1y ago
> Blocks malicious websites from port-scanning your computer/network
How does that work? A browser extension can't influence how your router and other machines in your network react to incoming requests.
- est 1y agobut it can hook javascript methods before that scan can happen.
- Mashimo 1y agoJudging just from the screenshots, it seems it blocks websites from accessing 127.0.0.1 get requests. Not a port scan to the outside, more of what do you have running on the local machine inside your network.
- ale42 1y agoAs far as I understand it, it is supposed to be a scan done by the browser on the user's computer, not an external scan, which a browser extension wouldn't be able to detect.
- bawolff 1y agoHopefully should soon be a thing of the past with https://developer.chrome.com/blog/local-network-access https://developer.chrome.com/blog/local-network-access
- vaylian 1y agoI see. So the website would try to access private IP adresses (RFC 1918) by having elements like <iframe src="http://10.0.0.1 http://10.0.0.1"> in the web site and then the web site would check if the iframe was loaded successfully?
- Delk 1y agoIt could also just try making the request with javascript. Or try a websocket connection.