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I'm very wary about loading JS from random CDNs. In my opinion, the negative aspects outweigh the benefits by far: - The CDN gets to decide *what* code is de
by phlo 13y ago
I'm very wary about loading JS from random CDNs. In my opinion, the negative aspects outweigh the benefits by far:
- The CDN gets to decide *what* code is delivered to *which* users. Could be a prime target for, say, another FERRETCANNON.
- If the CDN is compromised, so is your site.
- If an attacker on a local network manages to inject poisoned cache data into requests for said CDN, your site is compromised.
- All of your visitors are disclosed to the CDN owner.
- If the CDN goes down, your site does so, too. Note that the inverse doesn't apply: the CDNs superior availability has no positive effect on your site.
- Loading from another host may cause an unnecessary DNS lookup and will cause an unnecessary TLS connection.
- montag 13y agoWhat is FERRETCANNON?
- jumpwah 13y agohttps://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/the_nsas_new_ri.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/the_nsas_new_...
- zimpenfish 13y agoI'll take stupid NSA codenames[1] for 10 points, please, Alex. [1] http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/how-the-nsa-thinks-about-secrecy-and-risk/280258/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/how-th...