Server.casino – Random Servers Across the Internet • Hacker News Board

aphroz wrote: post #3

asplake wrote: post #2

Um, not sure I want to open that link. What does it do?

It returns you a random server with port 80 or 443 open.

Not before you push the button on the page though.

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Post by bellyfullofbac » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 8:12 AM UTC

asplake wrote: post #2

Um, not sure I want to open that link. What does it do?

Huh, press the "Find a Server" button, I can see in Developer Console it tries to connect to random IP addresses over http, returning "address invalid" or "address unreachable", I guess until it hits a valid IP with a live computer.

I wonder if some ISP's heuristics will flag someone's computer as part of a botnet...

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Post by sodimel » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 8:31 AM UTC

asplake wrote: post #2

Um, not sure I want to open that link. What does it do?

Here's the source: https://github.com/caioluders/server.casino

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Post by wfriesen » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 8:34 AM UTC

aphroz wrote: post #3

asplake wrote: post #2

Um, not sure I want to open that link. What does it do?

It returns you a random server with port 80 or 443 open.

Just 80, it seems https://github.com/caioluders/server.casino/blob/354cec4c053...

That probably increases the odds that the servers it finds are "interesting"

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Post by bnajdecki » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 8:50 AM UTC

Scary - I get some strange URL that encouraged me to install some CSS plugin. How do you random those names? Are they only some random IPs? BTW. some history would be nice, as I couldn't find this server again :(

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Post by mobilio » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 8:52 AM UTC

Like Chatrubate, but with servers? #sarcasm

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Post by hsbauauvhabzb » Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 9:29 AM UTC

bellyfullofbac wrote: post #5

asplake wrote: post #2

Um, not sure I want to open that link. What does it do?

Huh, press the "Find a Server" button, I can see in Developer Console it tries to connect to random IP addresses over http, returning "address invalid" or "address unreachable", I guess until it hits a valid IP with a live computer. I wonder if some ISP's heuristics will flag someone's computer as part of a botnet...

Microsoft or AWS may also use telemetry to flag you also.