Re: Slightly off topic but very relevant to sploit activity

[HD Moore <hdm () metasploit com>]

On 12/11/2010 9:07 PM, Jeffs wrote:
> Pardon if this is slightly off topic for this list but I do feel there
> is some technical vision here, and interesting potential use in the
> framework:
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704679204575646704100959546.html
>
>
> The link is for a new method of tracking computers, called digital
> fingerprinting.  The author states there are literally hundreds of ways
> to track individual computers aside from the usual mix of cookies, fonts
> used, plugins and user agents.
>
> Interested to know if anyone has delved into this at length, and if
> there might be use of it in the Framework.

Likely similar to https://panopticlick.eff.org/

His "billion device database" is going to be worthless for most mobile
devices (all ship with the same exact software image) and will become
stale really fast. Each time Firefox pushes an update, Adobe patches
another 0day, or someone reinstalls a system, the prior fingerprint is
going to be invalidated.

-HD
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