On Jan 28, 2013 4:10 PM, "Eliezer Croitoru" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The main issue in this case is that metalinks rely on hashes to verify
the download content While the store-id feature actually works only on a
URL.
> The above can open a very deep security hole for cache poisoning.
> Implementing a same-origin\same-domain policy is not an option since the
url object in the metalinks files can be from different domains\ip and
subdirectories.
> A same filename policy also dosn't apply since a simple script\rewriting
can fake it.

If the proxy computes the hash itself, from the content, does that solve
the cache poisoning vulnerability?

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