Re: [hybi] WebSockets : Question about masqued frames !

Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> Sat, 11 June 2011 06:26 UTC

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From: Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>
To: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
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2011/6/11 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>:
>> The author of the thread is not suggesting removing the client->server
>> masking, but just make it predictable (for example from the WS
>> handshake data) rather than having each frame its own masking key.
>> Would be any (security) issue in the suggested case? I don't think so,
>> but just wondering.
>
> This was discussed in great detail in the past (as everything around masking).
> The issue if the mask doesn't change is that the server knows it, so if it is
> running malicious code (and so does the client), then it can tell the mask to
> the client which will be able to emit predicted contents over the wire. So the
> mask must change between two exchanges so that the client cannot guess it.

Clear now. Thanks.



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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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[hybi] WebSockets : Question about masqued frames… Jean-Christophe Bos
Re: [hybi] WebSockets : Question about masqued fr… Anthony Catel
Re: [hybi] WebSockets : Question about masqued fr… Joel Martin
Re: [hybi] WebSockets : Question about masqued fr… Iñaki Baz Castillo
Re: [hybi] WebSockets : Question about masqued fr… Willy Tarreau
Re: [hybi] WebSockets : Question about masqued fr… Iñaki Baz Castillo