A man-in-the-middle attack (MiTM) is an attack against a communication protocol where the attacker relays and modifies messages in transit. The parties believe they are talking to each other directly, but in fact both are talking to the attacker.
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Options when defending against SSLstrip?
I'm wondering, does anyone have any suggestions to defend against SSLstrip particularly?
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Are “man in the middle” attacks extremely rare?
In
http://cdixon.org/2012/02/12/the-iphone-contact-list-controversy-and-app-security/
Chris Dixon makes a statement about web security
Many commentators have suggested that a primary security ...
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Tracking down a rogue access point
Over the course of about a month we have received multiple reports of a rogue access point attempting to intercept traffic. I suspect an attacker is using a wifi pineapple, or similar hardware ...
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Without SSL, what vantage point does one need to MITM non-SSL'd HTTP?
OK, so there are two things here: being able to read the content of the requests and responses, and then being able to modify them. The former may depend on the latter, I'm not sure.
But basically, ...
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Does HTTPS Everywhere defend me against sslsniff-like attacks?
http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/sslsniff/
If I have a domain on my HTTPS Everywhere list, so that theoretically it could be only visited via an HTTPS connection in my Firefox, then could an ...
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Is Nokia's “institutional MITM” of SSL traffic vulnerable to CRIME attack?
It's recently been in the news that some Nokia phones proxy all traffic, including SSL connections, through a Nokia proxy. This is effectively an "institutional MITM" attack on users those phones.
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How might the U.K. Government's proposed internet surveillance equipment “bypass” encryption?
http://www.channel4.com/news/black-boxes-to-monitor-all-internet-and-phone-data
http://rt.com/news/uk-privacy-internet-freedom-186/
'Black boxes' will be installed by internet services providers ...
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How to thwart sslstrip attack?
I need help understanding the dynamics of an sslstrip attack. I'm using it to test the security of a site that I own. I can successfully sniff the victim (in this case, myself) credentials over the ...
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How do I check that I have a direct SSL connection to a website?
I always thought that if I had an SSL connection there would be no MITM attacks. Now it appears that isn't true (see comments in this question Is it okay from a security perspective to read foreign ...
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Should the Keygen element be used to create a certificate for mutual auth TLS? What alternatives are there?
I'm interested in using mutual auth TLS to improve the security of my javascript based webservices . I've looked at the Keygen element and given all its issues, not sure if this can even be used for ...
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Can I detect a MITM attack?
Based on this question here:
Are "man in the middle" attacks extremely rare?
Is it possible to detect man-in-the-middle attacks, and if so, how would one go about it?
In addition, what if ...
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Credit card forms on HTTP pages a MITM risk?
The other day, there was a web developer mailing list thread about a fundraiser page.
One person noted that the page with the credit card form was HTTP, not HTTPS.
In response, one person said that ...
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How can a web application protect IE users when this browser doesn't support HSTS?
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a very useful feature at preventing OWASP a9 violations and attacks like SSLStrip which try and prevent the client from making a secure connection.
My ...
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How can I use certificates to secure my webservices? What is available to javascript?
I have a few web services that are accessed over public wifi connections and I think it would be a good idea to issue certificates to encrypt data, prevent MITM, and invalid impersonation (beyond what ...
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How can end-users detect malicious attempts at SSL spoofing when the network already has an authorized SSL proxy?
I'm working on one client's network where they have enabled HTTPS authority spoofing on their proxy. This allows them to effectively perform a man-in-the-middle attack to decipher all outgoing ...
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Do client certificates provide protection against MITM?
I'm looking for a way to protect clients from a MITM attack without using a VPN, and ToR. My thought is that client certificates might do the job, but I'm not entirely sure since not too much server ...
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Signed request vs HTTP digest auth for API authentication?
By signed request I mean something like this (simplified example):
Client creates a sig in his request:
$sig = hash('sha256', $api_key.$data); which generates 7409ur0k0asidjko2j for example. He then ...
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How do RSA fingerprints protect from MITM attacks?
I understand that RSA fingerprints are used to verify that you are really connecting directly to who you want to connect to, and not someone else posing as that site.
Like when you do a git push, it ...
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Are there any situations when one can only mount a passive MITM?
This came up while discussing Web & insecure HTTP - Using RSA for encrypting passwords on the client side
Is there any such situation possible when requesting an HTTP page where an attacker is ...
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Best tool for testing an SSL connection in my application
I have developed an application that send binary data between a .NET client and Java server via TCP.
I have recently implemented SSL for this connection and would like a way to demonstrate that it is ...
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How would one fully protect himself against man in the middle-attacks?
Imagine I have a computer where all the trafic is being sent through the MitM. How would it be possible to have a secure connection through this setup?
In this case it would be OK to design a new ...
