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		harshreality on Feb 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HTML5 localStorage allows sites to fill up users' ... How would that work if the malicious page used IP addresses instead of hostnames? Then it's only a matter of how many IP addresses the author can use.

pixl97 on Feb 28, 2013 [–]

Being that IPv4 addresses are something that's having a bit of a shortage these days, it's not at the top of the list of things to worry about.

That said, if you're one of the few that has IPv6 access, this could turn in to an issue pretty quick.

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