curl-users
Security risks with curl and DynDNS?
From: Blenda <blenda_at_handgranat.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 01:23:52 +0000 (UTC)
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 01:23:52 +0000 (UTC)
Loopia is a Swedish ISP that provides services for Dynamic DNS with the DynDNS
protocol.
They recommand curl for updating the IP to the DynDNS server in Unix, like this:
curl -s --user 'username:password'
"https://dns.loopia.se/XDynDNSServer/
XDynDNS.php?hostname=domainnamne&myip=ipadress"
I wonder if there are any security risks with this procedure? For example, could
someone see which URL:s I'm accessing and then get hold of my Loopia password?
Best wishes,
Blenda
Received on 2005-10-08