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bruce wrote: | andy... | | right.... | | which means that a mitm attack would have to appear to be both the | client/server to the actual server/client... | | but if what you say is true... then mitm attacks aren't really possible with | a server/app in the middle of the client/server. | | keep in mind, i'm not sure this kind of attack is really worth worrying | about. but i am concerned.
Scot's short answer is "yes, but" where my short answer is "no", but we are saying the same thing. As Scot said, if you have really intercepted the bank's network so you can proxy their traffic, then you can do these tricks.
If the situation is that the hopeful MITM machine is somewhere random on the Internet and does not control the client or the bank's machines or network, no.
There are so many ways to pervert communication that there is always a residual chance that you are totally hacked already and just can't tell. ~ For example, any upstream in Fedora could have been compromised and we are all compromised right now: you can't disprove it. You just have to throw up your hands in the end.
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