diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/exploits/headers.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/exploits/headers.adoc index e5fc3c6977..f34419ab4f 100644 --- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/exploits/headers.adoc +++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/exploits/headers.adoc @@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff Refer to the relevant sections to see how to customize the defaults for both xref:servlet/exploits/headers.adoc#servlet-headers-hsts[servlet] and xref:reactive/exploits/headers.adoc#webflux-headers-hsts[webflux] based applications. ==== -When you type in your bank's website, do you enter `mybank.example.com` or do you enter `https://mybank.example.com`? +When you type in your bank's website, do you enter `mybank.example.com` or do you enter `\https://mybank.example.com`? If you omit the `https` protocol, you are potentially vulnerable to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack[Man-in-the-Middle attacks]. -Even if the website performs a redirect to https://mybank.example.com, a malicious user could intercept the initial HTTP request and manipulate the response (for example, redirect to https://mibank.example.com and steal their credentials). +Even if the website performs a redirect to `\https://mybank.example.com`, a malicious user could intercept the initial HTTP request and manipulate the response (for example, redirect to `\https://mibank.example.com` and steal their credentials). Many users omit the `https` protocol, and this is why https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6797[HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)] was created. -Once `mybank.example.com` is added as a https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6797#section-5.1[HSTS host], a browser can know ahead of time that any request to mybank.example.com should be interpreted as https://mybank.example.com. +Once `mybank.example.com` is added as a https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6797#section-5.1[HSTS host], a browser can know ahead of time that any request to mybank.example.com should be interpreted as `\https://mybank.example.com`. This greatly reduces the possibility of a Man-in-the-Middle attack occurring. [NOTE] diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/exploits/http.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/exploits/http.adoc index 6f20b7f56b..127d0a6016 100644 --- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/exploits/http.adoc +++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/features/exploits/http.adoc @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Spring Security provides support for xref:features/exploits/headers.adoc#headers == Proxy Server Configuration When using a proxy server, it is important to ensure that you have configured your application properly. -For example, many applications have a load balancer that responds to request for https://example.com/ by forwarding the request to an application server at https://192.168.1:8080 -Without proper configuration, the application server can not know that the load balancer exists and treats the request as though https://192.168.1:8080 was requested by the client. +For example, many applications have a load balancer that responds to request for `\https://example.com/` by forwarding the request to an application server at `\https://192.168.0.107` +Without proper configuration, the application server can not know that the load balancer exists and treats the request as though `\https://192.168.0.107:8080` was requested by the client. To fix this, you can use https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7239[RFC 7239] to specify that a load balancer is being used. To make the application aware of this, you need to configure your application server to be aware of the X-Forwarded headers.