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About 34% of the web is still powered by HTTP/1.1 and that protocol will likely come under severe attack starting on Wednesday. Get a preview of what's in store for the latest security headache.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If we know about these attacks, then the bad guys know too. Even if they weren't yet given the details they've been told where to look and could quickly figure them out. Why then would they wait until Wednesday to start attacking? We have to assume they're already attacking, and 1/3 of the web has not gone down.

Besides, the author of the research says the vulnerabilities have been disclosed to CDN providers and patched already. So it's a significant discovery but the headline is doubly silly.