Tag: Http
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Hackers exploited Tor exit relays to generate bitcoin: research
At one point this spring, a single set of money-hungry hackers controlled nearly a quarter of the endpoint infrastructure through which …
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Firefox 76 will have option to enforce HTTPS-only connections
Converting websites from HTTP to HTTPS over the last decade must count as one of the most successful quiet security upgrades ever to affect …
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Slack fixes account-stealing bug
Slack has fixed a bug that allowed attackers to hijack user accounts by tampering with their HTTP sessions. The flaw could have allowed …
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Thoughts on Server-Sent Events, HTTP/2, and Envoy
In a distributed system, moving data efficiently between services is no small task. It can be especially tricky for a frontend web …
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What Is SSL Offloading and How it Works
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates are given to a website to make sure that the website is secured and won’t fall prey to malicious …
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HTTP and Scalable Software Systems
If you think about the World Wide Web, it’s easy to imagine it as a single software system. Once you do, you realize it’s the largest …
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OPEN SSL – The Hero Nobody Talks About
When we see HTTPS and HTTP connections, most of us can’t differentiate between them. We ask ourselves what difference can a single, …
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Vulnerability in content distribution networks found by researchers
Researchers have found a flaw that could lead to denial of service attacks on content distribution networks around the world. A content …
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Unencrypted Mobile Traffic on Tor Network Leaks PII
Unencrypted, sensitive and confidential user data originating from millions of mobile devices is carried on the Tor network every day. Now …
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What Is Server Name Indication and How Does it Work?
SNI or server name indication is an addition or an extension to the TLS protocol, which again stands for transport layer security. So, …
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Multiple HTTP/2 DoS flaws found by Netflix
Netflix has identified several denial of service (DoS) flaws in numerous implementations of HTTP/2, a popular network protocol that …
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