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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To execute this you need a DHCP server on the network.... But any admin worth his salt has a config on the switch to limit DHCP traffic to a designated server.

Seems extremely difficult to pull off in any corporate environment

[–] Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But makes coffee shop wifi inherently more risky

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For shits and giggles I used to sit on those wifis and run a mitm...I would replace all images with the troll face meme...then sit back and watch the confusion. So ya

[–] Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Now you get to do it again but this time to the VPN users that thought they were above your antics