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Masking in the WebSocket protocol is kind of a funny and sad fix to the problem of intermediaries trying to be smart and helpful, but failing miserably. The li
by marcopolo 2y ago
Masking in the WebSocket protocol is kind of a funny and sad fix to the problem of intermediaries trying to be smart and helpful, but failing miserably.
The linked section of the RFC is worth the read: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455#section-10.3 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455#section-10.3
- moron4hire 2y agoHow is this a problem of WebSockets and not HTTP in general? The RFC has a link to a document describing the attack, but the link is broken.