[openscreenprotocol] Pull Request: Add text for SSDP licensing and security

• From: Google <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
• Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 23:28:01 +0000
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mfoltzgoogle has just submitted a new pull request for https://github.com/webscreens/openscreenprotocol:

== Add text for SSDP licensing and security ==
Addresses:
* Issue #25: [SSDP] Research history of uPnP exploits
* Issue #27: [SSDP] Investigate licensing requirements for uPnP

Specifically calls out SSDP amplification attacks, which are used today to launch DDoS attacks against Web services.  See Issue #57.

See https://github.com/webscreens/openscreenprotocol/pull/58

Received on Thursday, 5 October 2017 23:27:50 UTC