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Comment by asimovDev 3 days ago

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https://files.catbox.moe/g1bejn.png

When I visit the site from Safari on macOS I see this in the console. Are there any particular services that use port 8888 for the website to do this?

jadamson 3 days ago

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000138794

It seems to be part of some "bot defense" product by these F5 people, to "test the different browser capabilities". I doubt it's intended to hit a real endpoint on any system.

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