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TLDR: Send spoofed TCP package with HTTP redirect to malicious site right after victim does a GET request.

This attack, while impressive and nifty, would seem to be easily subverted by SSL right?* Yet another example that shows that non-SSL HTTP should be phased out.

* In the ideal situation where users check URL's and the CA system is good enough to keep the NSA out.

parent dtech 11 years ago

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