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Comment · 3 years ago
I often visit news sites such as Hacker News. Can I use this "multi-account container" addon + something to get an experience like "iPhone Screen Time" and track my viewing time on news sites?
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
I found a page by Duo Labs listing Noise in Production.

https://duo.com/labs/tech-notes/noise-protocol-framework-int...

  Noise is used today in several high-profile projects:
    WhatsApp uses the "Noise Pipes" construction from the specification to perform encryption of client-server communications
    WireGuard, a modern VPN, uses the Noise IK pattern to establish encrypted channels between clients
    Slack's Nebula project, an overlay networking tool, uses Noise
    The Lightning Network uses Noise
    I2P uses Noise
Comment · 4 years ago
What are real world implementations of the Noise Protocol? https://github.com/noiseprotocol/noise_spec/blob/v34/noise.m...

Quick search shows WireGuard protocol, but I am not sure if how much of the WireGuard protocol is the same as the Noise Protocol.

https://www.wireguard.com/formal-verification/ https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard-formal-verificati...

  The WireGuard protocol is extensively detailed in [2], which itself is based on the NoiseIK [3] handshake.
Comment · 4 years ago
For those who are not familiar with the term DRL in "SOC2 DRL line item", it is document request list (DRL).
Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks. Going through the docs now.

https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/concepts/seal#shamir-seals

  Shamir seals
  The default Vault config uses a Shamir seal. Instead of distributing the unseal key as a single key to an operator, Vault uses an algorithm known as Shamir's Secret Sharing to split the key into shards.
Comment · 4 years ago
Good guide to shell in general.

Google shell style guide [0] was also a good read. I thought that the "When to use Shell" section is a section that is good for any kind of guide, not just for bash / shell.

Also, maybe not so much a pitfall / bug, but something I had to deal with recently was that bash does not handle the EINTR when calling write() in the printf and echo builtins [1][2][3], etc.

[0] https://google.github.io/styleguide/shellguide.html#s1.2-whe...

  If you are writing a script that is more than 100 lines long, or that uses non-straightforward control flow logic, you should rewrite it in a more structured language now. Bear in mind that scripts grow. Rewrite your script early to avoid a more time-consuming rewrite at a later date.
[1] https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/487260

  handle the EINTR when calling write() in the printf and echo builtins. 
[2] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ca1fdab7fd27eb069df13...

  Q: what's up with this '/bin/echo' ?

  A: bash's builtin 'echo' command does not check calls to write() against
   errors. If you use it in the cgroup file system, you won't be
   able to tell whether a command succeeded or failed.
[3] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2018-01/msg00031...

  write() not retried after EINTR in printf and echo
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
"Strict Identifier Verification" look kind of like CWE-304.

CWE-304: Missing Critical Step in Authentication <https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/304.html>

Looking at the CWE-304 wording, this does not look like the right CWE, but OWASP ASVP 2.2.2 points to this CWE.

OWASP ASVP 2.2.2 <https://github.com/OWASP/ASVS/blob/v4.0.3_release/4.0/en/0x1...>

  2.2.2
  Verify that the use of weak authenticators (such as SMS and email) is limited to secondary verification and transaction approval and not as a replacement for more secure authentication methods. Verify that stronger methods are offered before weak methods, users are aware of the risks, or that proper measures are in place to limit the risks of account compromise.
  CWE-304
Comment · 4 years ago
For all five classes of attacks, the paper states that the root cause & mitigation is "Strict Identifier Verification".

  6.2 Root Cause & Mitigation
  6.2.1 Strict Identifier Verification
  The root cause of all of the attacks identified in the preceding sections is failure to verify ownership of the claimed identifier.
Comment · 4 years ago
possibly CWE-306?

CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function <https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html>

Looking at the CWE-306 wording, this does not look like the right CWE, but OWASP ASVP 3.7.1 points to this CWE.

OWASP ASVP 3.7.1 <https://github.com/OWASP/ASVS/blob/v4.0.3_release/4.0/en/0x1...>

  3.7.1
  Verify the application ensures a full, valid login session or requires re-authentication or secondary verification before allowing any sensitive transactions or account modifications.
  CWE-306
Comment · 4 years ago
- Unexpired Email Change (UE)
Comment · 4 years ago
What would the CWEs be for the five classes of attacks?

- Classic-Federated Merge (CFM)

- Unexpired Session (US)

- Trojan Identifier (TID)

- Unexpired Email Change (UE)

- Non-verifying IdP (NV)

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Also to understand the problem correctly, what is the class of weakness of the two CVEs (CVE-2022-22965, CVE-2010-1622)?

The following look like good candidates.

- CWE-915: Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes <https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/915.html> (Ruby on Rails Mass assignment bug)

- CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data <https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html>

- CWE-470: Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') <https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/470.html>

I think the one assigned (CWE-20:) is not a good approach to dealing with the "class" of weaknesses.

- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation <https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html>

As long as you see this as a "CWE-20: Improper Input Validation" class problem, it seems like you try to fix this with a deny-list approach or a partial allow-list approach that needs additional fixing some time in the future.

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