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skrebbel
on May 13, 2020
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The modern HTTPS world has no place for old web se...
I don't understand, anyone who can MITM can also sniff, right?
kop316
on May 13, 2020
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Yes they can. They simply decrypt, and reencrypt with their own self signed cert. If you have no way to verify the self-signed cert, you would never know.
naniwaduni
on May 14, 2020
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An adversary with MitM capability needs to commit to being detectable in order to read encrypted traffic.
dtech
on May 16, 2020
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but not everyone who can sniff can MITM, encryption always prevents sniffing
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