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| | The security of encrypted Web traffic depends upon a set of Certificate Authorities (CAs). Browsers and operating systems are configured wit...
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| | Today is 2018's World Digital Preservation Day . It might appear that this post has little to do with digital preservation. However, I hope ...
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| | Certificate pinning ("cert pinning" for short) is a technique used for mobile applications to add an extra layer of protection to secure communications. Some people additionally use the technique to prevent people from reverse engineering APIs via intercepting proxies, however this latter objective is hard to achieve against a determined hacker. Certificate pinning offers very...
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| I presented an overview on Peer-to-peer Browser Connectivity options in the network devroom at FOSDEM 2023. Connecting from the browser to a public server with a valid TLS certificate is easy. But what if the server has a self-signed certificate? What if it isn't public? What if it is another browser? This talk covers the intricacies of browser communication beyond the standard browser-to-server use-case. I will give an overview of the many protocols available and how they can be used in a peer-to-peer fashion without sacrificing authenticity, confidentiality or integrity. We will leverage the new WebTransport for secure communication to public servers with self-signed certificates and WebRTC for secure communication to other browsers, using hole puching, wi...