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I’m looking into HTTP version specific risks. HTTP 1.0 lacks support for persistent connections, meaning each request/response pair requires a new TCP connection to be established.
Considering the overhead associated with constantly openin… Continue reading Is HTTP/1.0 inherently more susceptible to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks?
I Have a confusion here.
From what I know, in TLS1.2, the Client sends Client Hello and then the Server Sends a Server Hello, Certificate(with its public key) and Certificate chain, and then a Server Hello Done.
Then, the Client sends a Cl… Continue reading TLS session keys [duplicate]
I am trying to figure out the best way to manage security certificates for embedded devices who’s webpage is accessed via IP address, and then the scenario for when that IP address changes.
Currently, I am creating an RSA private key to si… Continue reading Is it reasonable to have a product that requires LLMNR or mDNS?
Organizations respond to HTTP/2 Rapid Reset zero-day vulnerability exploited to launch the largest DDoS attacks seen to date.
The post Organizations Respond to HTTP/2 Zero-Day Exploited for DDoS Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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Suppose one hosts a web application that does not handle any sensitive data (e.g. passwords, session cookies, etc.), without using HTTPS. What potential security issues arise as a direct consequence from this? Assume that man-in-the-middle… Continue reading What are the security risks associated with hosting a web application that does not handle sensitive data without HTTPS?
I’ve been reading a bunch on how caching of web pages is handled, I feel like I have a good grasp on everything, but I’ve encountered something I don’t understand.
I’m testing a site and it sends the same caching headers on every HTTPS res… Continue reading Why is one particular page not being cached, and the others are? all have same caching headers [migrated]
I’m learning the basics of network security and am trying to really understand the single origin policy. I was wondering what the vulnerabilities would be if an origin was only defined by domain, as opposed to the normal trio of scheme, do… Continue reading Why does the DOM single-origin policy take into account protocol and port? What if it was just domain?
I’m currently working on some modules on hackthebox. In that regard, I recently set up a web service: sudo python3 -m http.server 8080
When I did a wget to my server, it showed up in the log as usual, however I also got some random IP’s do… Continue reading How to prevent attacks on a personal webserver
I’ve been reading about HTTP Request Smuggling attacks and I’ve come across a situation that I don’t fully understand. I’ve been studying the report by James Kettle where he describes an attack against Netflix’s servers (https://portswigge… Continue reading HTTP Request Smuggling Exploit – Need Clarification on Behavior of the ‘Host’ Header
I’ve recently spun on a new droplet on Digital Ocean with Ubuntu 22 and enabled UFW and allowed only SSH, which reports being active even after a reboot:
sudo ufw status
Status: active
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— … Continue reading "PUT /SDK/webLanguage HTTP/1.1" on a server with only port 22 open