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I think you are in the risk of a man-in-the-middle attack if the website's private key is compromised. Someone forces a proxy server between you and the websit
by ww520 13y ago
I think you are in the risk of a man-in-the-middle attack if the website's private key is compromised. Someone forces a proxy server between you and the website, via DNS spoofing or ARP IP take over in the subnet. When you try to go to the website, you land on the proxy which has the website's private key (and the cert) to initiate SSL connection with your browser assuming the website's identity. The proxy then turns around to make another SSL connection to the real website on your behalf, ferrying data back and forth between two connections, capturing all your "secure" traffic.