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Re:Stanford researchers find only 3% of HTTP runs on port 80... by cperciva on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @10:37PM (#34991656)
Most public web sites leak information about page accesses to anyone who can count bytes.
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Re:Stanford researchers find only 3% of HTTP runs on port 80... by teaearlgraycold on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @10:48PM (#34991749)
What kind of attack are you describing?
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Re:Stanford researchers find only 3% of HTTP runs on port 80... by cperciva on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @10:53PM (#34991788)
Count how many bytes of TCP traffic you see. Measure the size of each web page on the (public static) website.
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