From ca6043432474ee79ccadf3bbeddf4dc758786ab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rohan Kumar <seirdy@seirdy.one>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 23:24:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] New note: Route authorization and TLS

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+title: "Route authorization and TLS"
+date: 2022-10-29T23:24:50-07:00
+replyURI: "https://community.mojeek.com/t/bgp-hijacking/400"
+replyTitle: "BGP Hijacking"
+replyType: "DiscussionForumPosting"
+replyAuthor: "Mike"
+replyAuthorURI: "https://community.mojeek.com/u/mike/"
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+Assuming we have transit encryption, the main result of Border Gateway Patrol (<abbr>BGP</abbr>) errors is mass downtime. Downtime for a typical service is a headache; downtime for a CA can be disastrous. <abbr>BGP</abbr> hijacking also enables certificate mis-issuance by messing with weak domain control validation. Route authorization is an important mitigation!
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+That said: <abbr>TLS</abbr> is our last line of defense against <abbr>BGP</abbr> attacks that *re-direct* HTTPS requests.
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+Users wouldn't have been robbed if Celer Bridge used [<abbr>HSTS</abbr> preloading](https://hstspreload.org). Victims were greeted by a <abbr>TLS</abbr> error and chose to add a security exception; a payment platform shouldn't offer that choice. <abbr>HSTS</abbr> instructs browsers to remove this option, and <abbr>HSTS</abbr> preloading prevents <abbr>HSTS</abbr> stripping (and <abbr>TLS</abbr> stripping).
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+HTTP Public Key Pinning (<abbr>HPKP</abbr>) makes such attacks even harder, but <abbr>HPKP</abbr> had its own list of issues preventing adoption.