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A comment on ACIDRain: Concurrency-Related Attacks on Database-Backed Web Applications (2017) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:ACIDRain: Concurrency-Related Attacks on Database-Backed ... by bouncycastle on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @02:41AM (#20027747)
So, umm... they re-discovered race conditions and gave it a fancy name?
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Re:ACIDRain: Concurrency-Related Attacks on Database-Backed ... by praptak on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @02:59AM (#20027839)
The value of tfa is the work they put into practical demonstration and analysis. Anybody can sit in their armchair and speculate about theoretical exploits. It's the actual practical exploits and mitigation techniques that matter.
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Re:ACIDRain: Concurrency-Related Attacks on Database-Backed ... by homakov on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @02:46AM (#20027769)
Correct. “ACIDrain” is literally a race condition and made up name.
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