Cache poisoning refers to a
computer security vulnerability
Vulnerabilities are flaws in a computer system that weaken the overall security of the device/system. Vulnerabilities can be weaknesses in either the hardware itself, or the software that runs on the hardware. Vulnerabilities can be exploited by ...
where invalid entries can be placed into a
cache, which are then assumed to be valid when later used. Two common varieties are
DNS cache poisoning and
ARP cache poisoning. involves the poisoning of
web cache
A Web cache (or HTTP cache) is a system for optimizing the World Wide Web. It is implemented both client-side and server-side. The caching of multimedias and other files can result in less overall delay when browsing the Web.
Parts of the sys ...
s. Attacks on other, more specific, caches also exist.
References
Computer security exploits
Cache (computing)
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