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- Can you spoof a certificate authority?
- Does SSL prevent spoofing?
- Is it possible to spoof https?
- What is SSL hijacking?
Can you spoof a certificate authority?
spoofed server certificate is a maliciously procured certificate that binds the public key of an attacker to the domain name of a target web site or a homographic or similar name. If trusted by the user's browser, it may allow the attacker to spoof the target site or mount a man-in-the- middle attack.
Does SSL prevent spoofing?
SSL/TLS makes websites secure as it often protects data from being stolen, modified, or spoofed.
Is it possible to spoof https?
One common method of attack is called HTTPS spoofing, in which an attacker uses a domain that looks very similar to that of the target website. With this tactic, also known as “homograph attack”, the characters in the target domain are replaced with other non-ASCII characters that are very similar in appearance.
What is SSL hijacking?
If the website takes the cheap route of using SSL/TLS encryption for its login pages only, the attacker can use the session key they have derived from packet sniffing to hijack the user's session and impersonate them to perform actions in the web application.
