Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser using mDNS

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  • PortScanner

    A port scanner through the web browser. (by Flu1dTeam)

  • A similar type of timing attack can be used to port scan your local machine from your browser.

    https://github.com/Flu1dTeam/PortScanner

    A while ago, eBay got caught doing this.

    https://blog.nem.ec/2020/05/24/ebay-port-scanning/

  • simplewall

    Discontinued Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.

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  • offline-browser-communication

    Demonstration of a browser connecting to Pion WebRTC without a signaling server.

  • Yes that is (almost) possible!

    https://github.com/pion/offline-browser-communication

    If the W3C accepted this as a valid use case it could be available quickly.

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