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This is easily testable because: 1. Not all single char typos are bitflips and when you test it statistically you get more traffic for bitflips than typos. It'
by 3pt14159 8y ago
This is easily testable because:
1. Not all single char typos are bitflips and when you test it statistically you get more traffic for bitflips than typos. It's a bit more complicated, some typos are really common because they're close to the key.
2. You can look at the raw traffic that comes in and tell what is a simple get request with a fat finger (GET https://en.7ikipedia.org/ https://en.7ikipedia.org/ vs GET https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=america&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=america&title=Sp...).
Source: I have some domains that are bitsquats of some high traffic domains. I get access token headers when I do a raw dump of the traffic. (I turned off the servers after satisfying my curiosity.)
Want to stop randos from getting some tiny portion of your traffic's access tokens? Use client side keys and send signed / encrypted access tokens or even full requests.
Yeah I know. It's so far down the list it doesn't matter. But every combination of github.com, microsoft.com, etc is bitsquatted, so this attack can be considered ongoing. This is doubly true if you're on a domain like .co.uk which is a stupid subdomain of .uk and now that .uk addresses are available someone can buy ko.uk and bitsquat the entire fucking country.