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What are you talking about... It is man in the middle. This attack is a lot older than encryption, so if you think encryption is required then you've made a big
by ggggtez 8y ago
What are you talking about... It is man in the middle. This attack is a lot older than encryption, so if you think encryption is required then you've made a big mistake. It refers to literally a person intercepting your message before (or instead of) it reaching the intended audience.
- austincheney 8y agoOlder than encryption? Encryption has existed since before the Roman empire. > It refers to literally a person intercepting your message before (or instead of) it reaching the intended audience. Every time somebody has pointed that out they have extracted that definition from the term opposed to referencing the term from a definition. It is similar to answering a question with only a restatement of the question.
- deadmetheny 8y agoMitM attacks have been around far longer than transport/network layer encryption has been commonly deployed, is what parent means. These days it's more commonly used to defeat encryption but there's plenty of attacks that don't really need it (e.g. ARP spoofing, etc etc)
- austincheney 8y agoI am not sure what you are trying to say. Yes, agreed, there are many forms of attack beyond MITM such as ARP spoofing.
- richrichardsson 8y agoI would be confident in saying MITM attacks have existed even longer than encryption. - A dispatches messenger towards B. - Bad actor intercepts messenger. - Bad actor detains/kills messenger. - Bad actor dresses up in messenger clothing. - Bad actor delivers message to B as if they were the original messenger, having read/altered the message in the meantime.