RSS Security

RSS Security   RSS is growing at lightning speed. What was once only known as a "tool" technology ", RSS is becoming a tool that is continuously used by the general population. Together with the good is not so well. And while some have mentioned the emergence of RSS spam, where content publishers dynamically generate absurd canals filled with keywords, the real problem is security. While a nuisance for search engines, spam in RSS feeds pales in comparison to potential security problems that could be in the future RSS. Security implications associated with RSS. RSS gains momentum security fears loom large. Why publishers to quickly find innovative uses of RSS feeds, hackers are taking place. The power and the extension of RSS in its simplest form is also its Achilles' heel. The capacity expansion RSS specification, particularly the "fence" camp that launched the podcasting phenomenon, where vulnerability. The local field in itself is not the problem, in fact, most RSS feeds do not use the label of the box. Label the box is mainly used to link the file types, things like images, Word documents, MP3 files, PowerPoint presentations, and executables and can be thought of in similar terms to email attachments. The fact that the RSS can be used to distribute these file types has opened the doors to a multitude of users of the syndication standard, but has also created cause for conce. Most people do not feel that the risk is important because people "choose" the content they receive, and when it might be the distribution of malware, viruses, and spyware applications via RSS less prevalent, is still the risk of infection from a file to be distributed. This is a problem of technology and lack of education. The danger lies in the fact that many RSS readers, news aggregators, catch-pod or automatically download the information contained in the enclosure field regardless of its source or file type. Most RSS developers acknowledge the risks associated with the areas of housing, but few have had the foresight to include filtering, the ability of screening or authentication and many automatically download attachments. Nick Bradbury of Bradsoft / NewsGator seems to be proactive, designing FeedDemon with security in mind. FeedDemon uses an editable safelist of file types and allows users to check the files that are downloaded automatically. FeedDemon also contains a code of alerts relating to specific file types. ByteScout developers have a different approach for managing file box ByteScout not automatically download anything without user intervention for each download. Unfortunately, not all RSS readers, aggregators and podcatchers consider the security implications associated with RSS feeds and podcasts, some automatically download attachments without prior notice or any idea of security. Be sure to examine how your RSS reader handles files in the box area of an RSS feed. With the increased use of RSS and podcast, security risks increase with it. Is your area of conce, however proactive users and developers can easily subvert the risk awareness of precautions to be taken seriously. Virus and malware are cause for legitimate conce, there is enough time and action to prevent potential problems.