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Clickbait-y and misleading. Exfiltration means getting hold of data which you shouldn't be able to access or download.
by alanfranz 5y ago
Clickbait-y and misleading. Exfiltration means getting hold of data which you shouldn't be able to access or download.
- tome 5y agoIt's just a jokey title. A Bitbucket bug (presumably) didn't let him clone his repo the standard way so he found a workaround. I thought it was a great read.
- fvv 5y agojokey title that waste time of those worried about tjat specific bug and also hide the workaround on those interested in it . Smart content but not the title .
- ThePadawan 5y agoI haven't heard that usage of exfiltration. I have heard of exfiltration in the military context, as in "getting back your own stuff if it's harder than normal for some reason". Like Saving Private Ryan is about exfiltrating Private Ryan. Or you would exfiltrate a unit stuck behind enemy lines. That meaning makes sense here.
- TravisHusky 5y agoYeah; it is kinda weird because in a normal context the wording is okay and makes sense. The problem is really that exfiltration means something specific in computer security. So if you are a security person, you look at the title and you are thinking "oh no" (at least that is what I did).
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- numpad0 5y agoThe word exfil for data is extension of the military usage. Used for cases where adversaries has difficulty collecting it. Implies some unusual methods were used. e.g. when the customer is using adblock to evade surveillances, or files are deliberately isolated from the Internet.
- rpodraza 5y agoDo you know what joke/irony/sense of humor is?
- IncRnd 5y ago> Exfiltration means getting hold of data which you shouldn't be able to access or download. That's incorrect. Someone with legitimate access to data can still exfiltrate it, which means to covertly remove it to outside the organization. For example, someone in HR might have payroll data they can properly access. However, when they send that data home over a covert channel, that is exfiltration.
- TameAntelope 5y agoNot to be too nitpicky, but that person in HR "shouldn't" be allowed to download that data, which would fall under the definition of the person you replied to.
- eli 5y agoAnd you "shouldn't" use a build pipeline to push source code to S3
- swayvil 5y agoLiteralism is a point. Metaphor is a volume. Grock the volume. It is vasty and useful.
- Justin_K 5y agoWrong
- Hizonner 5y agoIt's. A. Joke. See, it's almost as if Bitbucket were trying to keep you from getting your data and you had to "hack it out". Jeezuz.