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Internet Archiver Port Scanner

Internet Archiver Port Scanner ha.ckers.org web application security lab

WhiteAcid's finding that archive.org fetches any host and port on demand, speaking HTTP at an FTP service and logging the crawler's IP as the source. Response time separates the cases, 6-9s open against 23-25s closed, giving a TCP port scanner run through the archive that can also be aimed at RFI targets.

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Internet Archiver Port Scanner ha.ckers.org web application security lab

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ha.ckers.org

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In the archive

• Collected in the 2007 research round

Tags

• ssrf
• abuse-of-functionality
• timing-attack
• side-channel
• proxy
• detection
• owasp-a04-2021
• owasp-a09-2021
• owasp-a10-2021

This page is the archive's own catalogue record. The research is the work of ha.ckers.org, first published at the original source. Preserved copies are kept so the citation survives its host; this one was last captured on 16 August 2026.