Publication Details

Data Protection and Security Issues with Network Error Logging

POLČÁK Libor and JEŘÁBEK Kamil. Data Protection and Security Issues with Network Error Logging. In: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography. Řím: SciTePress - Science and Technology Publications, 2023, pp. 683-690. ISBN 978-989-758-666-8. Available from: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.05343
Czech title
Network Error Logging z pohledu ochrany údajů a bezpečnosti
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
Polčák Libor, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS FIT BUT)
Jeřábek Kamil, Ing. (DIFS FIT BUT)
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Keywords

Network Error Logging, Data Protection, Web Server Management, Web Privacy, Service Worker.

Abstract

Network Error Logging helps web server operators detect operational problems in real-time to provide fast and reliable services. This paper analyses Network Error Logging from two angles. Firstly, this paper overviews Network Error Logging from the data protection view. The ePrivacy Directive requires consent for non-essential access to the end devices. Nevertheless, the Network Error Logging design does not allow limiting the tracking to consenting users. Other issues lay in GDPR requirements for transparency and the obligations in the contract between controllers and processors of personal data. Secondly, this paper explains Network Error Logging exploitations to deploy long-time trackers to the victim devices. Even though users should be able to disable Network Error Logging, it is not clear how to do so. Web server operators can mitigate the attack by configuring servers to preventively remove policies that adversaries might have added.

Published
2023
Pages
683-690
Proceedings
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography
Conference
20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography, Řím, IT
ISBN
978-989-758-666-8
Publisher
SciTePress - Science and Technology Publications
Place
Řím, IT
DOI
10.5220/0012078100003555
UT WoS
001072829100066
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85178549011
BibTeX 
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB12966,
   author = "Libor Pol\v{c}\'{a}k and Kamil Je\v{r}\'{a}bek",
   title = "Data Protection and Security Issues with Network Error Logging",
   pages = "683--690",
   booktitle = "Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography",
   year = 2023,
   location = "\v{R}\'{i}m, IT",
   publisher = "SciTePress - Science and Technology Publications",
   ISBN = "978-989-758-666-8",
   doi = "10.5220/0012078100003555",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/12966"
}
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