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ForceHTTPS: Protecting High-Security Web Sites From Network Attacks

Tags: wireless networks, database, network

Overview As wireless networks proliferate, web browsers operate in an increasingly hostile network environment. The HTTPS protocol has the potential to protect web users from network attackers, but real-world deployments must cope with configured servers, causing imperfect web sites and users to compromise browsing sessions inadvertently. ForceHTTPS is a simple browser security mechanism that web sites or users can use to opt in to stricter error processing, improving the security of HTTPS by preventing network attacks that leverage the browser's lax error processing. By augmenting the browser with a database of custom URL rewrite rules, ForceHTTPS allows sophisticated users to transparently retrofit security onto some insecure sites that support HTTPS.

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Publisher: Stanford University
File Format: PDF
Date Published: Jun 30, 2009
Format: White Papers
Topics: Network Security, Security Management

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