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Database System Concepts

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ISBN:9780078022159

Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

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Recognizing and protecting against downgrade attacks is crucial.

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Downgrade Attack

An attempt to force a connection, protocol, or cryptographic technique to utilize an outdated and less secure version is known as a downgrade attack. It is often referred to as a bidding-down attack or a version rollback attack.
This assault seeks to make it possible to exploit weaknesses linked to prior versions.
Backward compatibility, the idea of ensuring interoperability with legacy servers, makes it possible.
A successful downgrade assault opens the door for subsequent attacks and may result in the loss of data such as credentials, private financial and medical information, and more.
The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, whose goal is to encrypt internet data, are common targets of downgrade attacks.

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