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The issue is that you must check the external connection, i.e. <-2-> in: User <-1-> antivirus <-2-> Site If not a hostile actor can inject themselves in a w
by tempay 7y ago
The issue is that you must check the external connection, i.e. <-2-> in:
User <-1-> antivirus <-2-> Site
If not a hostile actor can inject themselves in a way which is completely invisible to the user:
User <-1-> antivirus <-2-> Hostile <-3-> Site
Actually checking <-2-> is tricky but many antivirus tools don't even try.[1]
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10727431 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10727431
- vbezhenar 7y agoWell, if antivirus does MITM and does not check website certificate properly, it's seriously broken. I expected that any MITM proxy properly validates server certificate.