Opened 11 years ago

Closed 10 years ago

#6 closed defect (fixed)

cite FireSheep as real-life threat HSTS addresses

Reported by: jeff.hodges@… Owned by: =JeffH
Priority: major Milestone:
Component: strict-transport-sec Version:
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Description

cite FireSheep? as real-life threat HSTS addresses, in response to this query:

​http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/hasmat/current/msg00074.html

Subject: [HASMAT] HSTS Threat prevalence
From: Devdatta Akhawe <dev.akhawe@…>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 11:36:12 -0700
To: IETF HASMAT list <hasmat@…>

Hi all

The HSTS specification talks about possible attacks that could be
prevented by the use of HSTS. Do we have any data that suggests these
attacks are actually a concern / being used by attackers anywhere ? I
couldn't find any citation to this effect in the specification.

Change History (1)

comment:1 Changed 10 years ago by jeff.hodges@…

  • Resolution set to fixed
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