ALPACA

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A 2021 cross-protocol attack that confuses TLS services sharing a certificate.

Application Layer Protocol Confusion Analyzing Cross-protocol Attacks redirected a TLS connection meant for one service to another that shared the certificate, exploiting mismatched application-layer expectations. Strict SNI and ALPN checking mitigate it.

Also known as: ALPACA, Application Layer Protocol Confusion Analyzing Cross-protocol Attacks

Sources

  • ALPACA attack (2021)

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