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ImPostingOnHNtoday at 5:23 AM1 replyview on HN

Or you visit a webpage that makes a request to an arbitrary server on an arbitrary port while not running a default-deny application firewall


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Sohcahtoa82today at 5:45 AM

I don't believe that opens a port to accept an incoming connection.

Even if it did, a web page making a request can't control the source port for the connection. They still couldn't make a local network service exposed to the Internet.

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