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[–] 39 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah by using out-of-bounds numbers they avoid accidentally listing legitimate values who might get upset or free advertising

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They could just use IPv6. Legitimately values or not no one is going to understand them, much less get upset by them.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The attack was coming from ::1

    Or if that's too unbelievable, fe80:: has some scary implications while also not likely to ever be a real device.

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