[HASMAT] HSTS Threat prevalence

Devdatta Akhawe <dev.akhawe@gmail.com> Fri, 06 August 2010 18:36 UTC

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Hi all

The HSTS specification talks about possible attacks that could be
prevented by the use of HSTS. Do we have any data that suggests these
attacks are actually a concern / being used by attackers anywhere ? I
couldn't find any citation to this effect in the specification.

thanks

regards
devdatta