Man-in-the-Middle Attack to the HTTPS Protocol
Abstract
Web-based applications rely on the HTTPS protocol' to guarantee privacy and security in transactions ranging from home banking, e-commerce, and e-procurement to those that deal with sensitive data such as career and identity information. Users trust this protocol to prevent unauthorized viewing of their personal, financial, and confidential information over the Web.
- Publication:
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IEEE Security & Privacy
- Pub Date:
- 2009
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2009ISPri...7a..78C
- Keywords:
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- Local area networks;
- Web server;
- Data security;
- Cryptography;
- IP networks;
- Telecommunication traffic;
- Data privacy;
- Media Access Protocol;
- Communication channels;
- Engineering profession;
- Domain Name System;
- WEB security;
- HTTPS;
- self-signed certificate;
- ARP poisoning;
- DNS spoofing;
- man in the middle;
- MITM;
- Address Resolution Protocol