Ensuring the security of web applications operating on the basis of the SSL/TLS protocol

Autor: Razumov Pavel, Cherckesova Larissa, Revyakina Elena, Morozov Sergey, Medvedev Dmitry, Lobodenko Andrei
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: E3S Web of Conferences, Vol 402, p 03028 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2267-1242
DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202340203028
Popis: SSL/TLS (Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security)-enabled web applications are designed to provide authentication based on a public key certificate, as well as generating a secure session key and traffic privacy based on a symmetric key. Today, a large number of e-commerce applications such as stock trading, banking, shopping and gaming rely on the robustness of the SSL/TLS protocol. Recently, a potential threat known as a Man-in-the-Middle or main-in-the-middle (MITM) attack has been used by attackers to attack SSL/TLS-enabled web applications, especially when users want to connect to an SSL/TLS-enabled web server. SSL/TLS. The current article discusses the Man-in-the-Middle attack threat for SSL/TLS-enabled web applications. The existing solution space for countering a MITM attack on SSL/TLS-enabled applications is also considered, and an effective solution is proposed that can resist a MITM attack on SSL/TLS-enabled applications. The proposed solution uses a soft token approach for user authentication in addition to SSL/TLS security features. The proposed solution is claimed to be safe, effective and user-friendly compared to similar approaches.
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