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enable_https and randomize_urls

 
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azdps



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PostPosted: Thu May 16, 2019 4:58 am    Post subject: enable_https and randomize_urls Reply with quote

Hello miniupnp,

I'm interested in the enable_https and randomize_urls settings. I happen to have stumble upon them while reading commits and such.

You implemented randomize_urls as a request and then disabled it by default. Why not have this build option available as a miniupnpd.conf option and have it enabled by default? I see that genconfig.sh is where I can enable both.

Can you provide a little more details about this 2 settings please. Are they not widely used build options? After looking through source code etc I don't really think I have a clear grasp of enable_https. randomize_urls appears to be straight forward. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to test either.

I appreciate the work you've put into the miniupnp project. It's allowed me to run multiple gaming consoles at home without any issues.

I'm currently using OPNsense which is obviously based on FreeBSD. Just FYI.

Thanks for any insight,
azdps


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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2019 9:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm afraid most UPNP clients ("control points") do not support HTTPS, that's why it is disabled by default in miniupnpd.

also the randomize URL feature was initially implemented to prevent https://github.com/filetofirewall/fof attack.
But in fact https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/commit/98cc73a372d61988b252794340daff68e2304a9d is sufficient to prevent the attack.
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