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I cannot find a first-party source of why and when Google is shutting down domain fronting, but it makes sense from a cybersecurity perspective. Domain fronting
by praseodym 9y ago
I cannot find a first-party source of why and when Google is shutting down domain fronting, but it makes sense from a cybersecurity perspective. Domain fronting is widely used by malware [1, 2] to evade network-based detection.
[1] https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/03/apt29_domain_frontin.html https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/03/apt29_d...
[2] https://www.cyberark.com/threat-research-blog/red-team-insights-https-domain-fronting-google-hosts-using-cobalt-strike/ https://www.cyberark.com/threat-research-blog/red-team-insig...