Earlier quoted context omitted.
3 decades later, they've been bought up by ZeniMax and then Activision Blizzard. I guess Hell has frozen over.
Forgot "and then Microsoft."
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Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
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Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#32Do Doom multiplayer servers still use that port?
Maybe, 9,000+ port 666 opened.
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#33Why not also include the IANA link: https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/...
https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/...
mdqs 666 tcp
mdqs 666 udp
doom 666 tcp doom Id Software [ddt] [ddt]
doom 666 udp doom Id Software [ddt] [ddt]
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#34[flagged]
"BTW, if you see your mom this weekend, be sure and tell her digital sataaaan!"[0] When this was first released, I wonder how digital it was back in 1990. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFjKPLc5qD0
Note: that whole intro is sampled from Butthole Surfers - Sweat Loaf [0]
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#35Why not also include the IANA link: https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/...
So when I scan a server and 666 happens to be open. Nmap will now report “doom” under the “Service” header? Most people will get a chuckle, but I suspect laymen and even Christian zealots will throw a fit. Like when a normal person gets an error on their screen and it prints “process closed: child killed by parent”. It will probably raise an eyebrow at the very least, lol.
Superstitious people have been known to throw fits upon seeing the FreeBSD beastie logo: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-chat/2011-Novemb...>
See also: https://web.archive.org/web/20040821031811/http://monster-is...> (that one is from 1999)
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#36616, the "other" number of the beast, was officially registered to SCO. Maybe also fitting in hindsight.
For young'uns who weren't enjoying The Register's constant string of snarky headlines at the time... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_disputes
I forgot about this entirely. I remember it being a big fear, but I don't recall all the issues. I think there were even Distros that had versions accounting for what they didn't need from SCO.
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
"BTW, if you see your mom this weekend, be sure and tell her digital sataaaan!"[0] When this was first released, I wonder how digital it was back in 1990. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFjKPLc5qD0
How have I never heard this?! What a tune, thanks for the link!
You should find a live version
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
"BTW, if you see your mom this weekend, be sure and tell her digital sataaaan!"[0] When this was first released, I wonder how digital it was back in 1990. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFjKPLc5qD0
Note: that whole intro is sampled from Butthole Surfers - Sweat Loaf [0] [0] https://youtu.be/akhuHYih8Mo?si=eYCyrjvRcdpkJg27
I felt the Orbital song had a little more relevance to the digital part of the discussion
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#39Why not also include the IANA link: https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/...
So when I scan a server and 666 happens to be open. Nmap will now report “doom” under the “Service” header? Most people will get a chuckle, but I suspect laymen and even Christian zealots will throw a fit. Like when a normal person gets an error on their screen and it prints “process closed: child killed by parent”. It will probably raise an eyebrow at the very least, lol.
They threw a fit over Doom then got over it almost 30 years ago ;)
Re: Port 666 is officially registered to Doom
#40The idea of globally assigning ports to specific things feels so retro. Back when the world was a lot smaller.
Today it still makes abundant sense for more generic concepts like where you do HTTP or SSH but to register them to specific companies is amusing and nostalgic.