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Length-extension attacks are still a thing (00f.net)
3 points by todsacerdoti 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


So this another tale of not rolling your own crypto. The blog post does a great job in not to sound arrogant and state a clear way out:

> Using HMAC or a modern hash/MAC function is the proper fix. For systems like BunnyCDN, adding a parameter such as ~ at the end of the query string provides a quick mitigation.




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