Show HN: Knock-Knock.net – Visualizing the bots knocking on my server's door
created: Feb. 15, 2026, 5:06 p.m. | updated: Feb. 16, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
KNOCK-KNOCK.NETSet up an unprotected server on the net, and the bots start swarming!
This site shows bots attempting (unsuccessfully) to break into an ordinary internet server.
This constant chatter of bots knocking on the doors of machines on the net has been referred to as "the background radiation of the Internet".
Knock-knock.net is a visualization of this bot traffic.
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