Hacker News with Generative AI: Network Traffic

DNS Blackhole (AS112) Service (iana.org)
Domain Name System resolvers can erroneously perform DNS lookups associated with private-use IP addresses, which generates a significant amount of undesirable Internet traffic. To combat this, a number of "blackhole" or "sinkhole" DNS servers exist to capture this traffic and reduce the load of DNS lookups.
DNS, Security, Network Traffic, Internet
6 points by mparkms 9 days ago | 0 comments
Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf (2022) (ericdraken.com)
I discovered that putting a man-in-the-middle proxy between my Apple TV and the world lets me decrypt HTTPS traffic. From there, I can read the Protocol Buffer data Google uses to populate YouTube with ads. It is too CPU-intensive to decode Protobuf on the fly, so instead, I found a flaw in the Protobuf format which allows me to reliably change one byte to obliterate ads.
AppleTV, YouTube, Security, Network Traffic, Privacy
756 points by udev4096 39 days ago | 426 comments
Mysterious "LOVE" packet storms flood the internet since 2020 (bleepingcomputer.com)
Cybersecurity, Network Traffic, Internet, Mysterious Events
17 points by geocrasher 219 days ago | 4 comments