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Is there a name for an exploit where a malicious client requests rarely-accessed contents that has been tucked/compressed away in order to overwork their server
by devty 10y ago
Is there a name for an exploit where a malicious client requests rarely-accessed contents that has been tucked/compressed away in order to overwork their server?
- niftich 10y agoDenial-of-service
- lobster_johnson 10y agoCache pollution. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_pollution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_pollution
- londons_explore 10y agoMost large web services today would die a horrible death if someone pulled off an effective cache pollution attack. For example, if a piece of client side malware, for every Vimeo video a user views, loads in the background a random rarely viewed video, it would probably lead to days of downtime.