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authorAmolith <amolith@nixnet.xyz>2019-05-24 11:25:04 -0400
committerAmolith <amolith@nixnet.xyz>2019-05-24 11:25:04 -0400
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switch MiTM with MITM - #8
-rw-r--r--README.md10
-rw-r--r--article.txt8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de6d246d..6528880d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
---
-"The Great Cloudwall" is [CloudFlare](https://www.cloudflare.com/), the world's [largest](https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/proxy) MiTM proxy([reverse proxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy)).
+"The Great Cloudwall" is [CloudFlare](https://www.cloudflare.com/), the world's [largest](https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/proxy) MITM proxy([reverse proxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy)).
It sits between you and origin webserver, acting like a [border patrol agent](https://www.cbp.gov/careers/bpa).
The origin webserver administrator allowed the agent to decide who can access to their "_web property_" and define "_restricted area_".
Take a look at the second image posted below. You will think Cloudflare block _only_ attackers. It's not.
@@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ Also see [Frequently Asked Questions](faq.md).
* Add WTF-Cloudflare news to [NEWS.md](NEWS.md)
-* Search something on [Searxes Tor](http://searxes.nmqnkngye4ct7bgss4bmv5ca3wpa55yugvxen5kz2bbq67lwy6ps54yd.onion/) or [clearnet](https://searxes.eu.org/) (this will help collecting Searxes' "MiTM domains")
+* Search something on [Searxes Tor](http://searxes.nmqnkngye4ct7bgss4bmv5ca3wpa55yugvxen5kz2bbq67lwy6ps54yd.onion/) or [clearnet](https://searxes.eu.org/) (this will help collecting Searxes' "MITM domains")
* Take a look at add-on code and try it
| Name | Firefox | Chrome |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
-| Block Cloudflare MiTM Attack | [Code](addon_firefox/bcma) | [Code](addon_chrome/bcma) |
-| Are links vulnerable to MiTM? | [Code](addon_firefox/ismitmlink) | [Code](addon_chrome/ismitmlink) |
+| Block Cloudflare MITM Attack | [Code](addon_firefox/bcma) | [Code](addon_chrome/bcma) |
+| Are links vulnerable to MITM? | [Code](addon_firefox/ismitmlink) | [Code](addon_chrome/ismitmlink) |
| Which website rejected me? | [Code](addon_firefox/whyrejectme) | [Code](addon_chrome/whyrejectme) |
* Try & write new [Tool / Script](tool/)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ flagged for spam and will be deleted. See "List of services blocking Tor" for de
# Who uses this list?
* [Searxes](http://searxes.nmqnkngye4ct7bgss4bmv5ca3wpa55yugvxen5kz2bbq67lwy6ps54yd.onion/) meta-search engine
-* [Block Cloudflare MiTM Attack](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bcma/) add-on
+* [Block Cloudflare MITM Attack](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bcma/) add-on
* Some Browser Add-ons
---
diff --git a/article.txt b/article.txt
index a7a65608..e805d582 100644
--- a/article.txt
+++ b/article.txt
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ More important, though, is that it starts to form a ratchet for web browser tech
"When you fetch a page from a website that is served from Cloudflare, JavaScript has been injected on-the-fly into that page by Cloudflare. And they also plant a cookie that brands your browser with a globally-unique ID. This happens even if the website is using SSL and shows a cute little padlock in your browser" [10]
- Cloudflare tracks you
-Even if your traffic is protected from onlookers, Cloudflare itself can see your traffic[6] because they are a MiTM[14][31].
-In addition, if Cloudflare[53] has intercepted your traffic(MiTM), so has the NSA[33].
+Even if your traffic is protected from onlookers, Cloudflare itself can see your traffic[6] because they are a MITM[14][31].
+In addition, if Cloudflare[53] has intercepted your traffic(MITM), so has the NSA[33].
"If a site uses Cloudflare, then the browser lock icon is a false promise."[14]
"The short version, a rhetorical question: Would you trust a key escrow regime, in which an “authorized” entity was entrusted with the potential to decrypt all communications at will? If not, why would you trust a de facto mass decryption chokepoint at which many communications are actually decrypted?"[34]
In other words,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ The next time a large group wakes up, millions of websites might be down (includ
*Background : How Cloudflare threatens the web*
-- Cloudflare is a MiTM for the whole web
+- Cloudflare is a MITM for the whole web
- As of 3 years ago 10% of the top 25,000 websites used Cloudflare[2]
- A billion people in china are restricted by the Great Firewall[8]. Anyone who goes so far as to circumvent that must then deal with the "Great Cloudwall" for accessing the open internet.
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ of problems that, if we don't solve them, something like Cloudflare is roughly i
*Cloudflare DNS*
-"DNS[50] is around, servers are insecure, proper end-to-end crypto isn't the norm hence MiTM goes unnoticed, anonymity is an edge case, routing lacks built-in resiliency to disruption, we're always going to have actors building a business model around cobbling together superficial, overapproximating mitigations."[20]
+"DNS[50] is around, servers are insecure, proper end-to-end crypto isn't the norm hence MITM goes unnoticed, anonymity is an edge case, routing lacks built-in resiliency to disruption, we're always going to have actors building a business model around cobbling together superficial, overapproximating mitigations."[20]
*Mozilla and Cloudflare*