Flutterby™! : Ethernet over HTTP

Ethernet over HTTP

2023-12-29 20:40:10.760166+01 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

This document defines a protocol for encapsulating Ethernet frames over HTTPS, allowing secure communication between a client and internal web servers. The protocol includes authentication using strong API keys encrypted with the server's public key. The communication is secured using TLS for privacy and integrity.

Via The Psychotic Network Ferret @nuintari@infosec.exchange who asked

What in the fucking shit is wrong with people?!?!?!

[ related topics: Privacy Cryptography ]

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#Comment Re: Ethernet over HTTP made: 2023-12-29 23:55:04.782413+01 by: spc476 [edit history]

When the only port security allows through is 443, everything looks like a̶ ̶n̶a̶i̶l̶ HTTPS.

#Comment Re: Ethernet over HTTP made: 2023-12-30 13:49:35.84636+01 by: meuon [edit history]

You can tunnel it over anything.. and yeah, I've used OpenVPN over ports 53 and 443 just cause it gets through. But this has very specific uses that probably should be done other ways.

#Comment Re: Ethernet over HTTP made: 2023-12-30 13:52:05.818135+01 by: meuon

Also, that spec is light. Not even a good proxy, but that is essentially what it is.

#Comment Re: Ethernet over HTTP made: 2024-01-04 01:57:11.18533+01 by: Dan Lyke

Yeah, it does remind me of RTF 9484: Proxying IP in HTTP, but more so...

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