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Re: Golink: A private shortlink service for tailnets

#31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would also be pretty ironic if so, given that the idea was basically lifted from Google internal infra.

I mean, TinyURL launched in 2002.

Point taken, but I think it's a different concept -- named internal short-links versus randomly generated small strings for longer links.

Re: Golink: A private shortlink service for tailnets

#33

The name is going to be quickly problematic if the trademark holder for golinks.io decides to get litigious: https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/zamora-jorge-3828689/

I was going to say the terminology comes from inside Google, where afaik go links were invented. However, yeah, that's straight up a trademark. You'd need a lawyer to know whether the trademark would survive litigation, and whether the s on those trademarks makes a material difference. (OP isn't plural, those trademarks are)

How can they defend a trademark that people used (at Google) before them?

Re: Golink: A private shortlink service for tailnets

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post #3

More "Go"ogle culture out in the wild. I've seen these at a few companies now. I'm a little surprised they're still called "go"-links, though I suppose the name works everywhere.

I implemented this for my personal use and chose “aka/“ instead of “go/“. Still short, and still pretty self explanatory, but unique.

Re: Golink: A private shortlink service for tailnets

#36

I started reading bout tailnet and still have no clue what it is

I was thinking about asking here if anyone could give a brief yet full overview of what exactly tailscale is and who/how it benefits. I've read about it, but I still don't get it.

Re: Golink: A private shortlink service for tailnets

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post #35

A few weeks back, I installed Tailscale on a Friday and the following Sunday my machine (ubuntu 22.10) was hacked and running mining/tracking software and rsyslog. I only noticed because my fans were spinning harder than usual. caveat emptor

Ouch.

CVE-2022-41924 Severe 9.6

A vulnerability identified in the Tailscale Windows client allows a malicious website to reconfigure the Tailscale daemon `tailscaled`, which can then be used to remotely execute code. In the Tailscale Windows client, the local API was bound to a local TCP socket, and communicated with the Windows client GUI in cleartext with no Host header verification. This allowed an attacker-controlled website visited by the node to rebind DNS to an attacker-controlled DNS server, and then make local API requests in the client, including changing the coordination server to an attacker-controlled coordination server. An attacker-controlled coordination server can send malicious URL responses to the client, including pushing executables or installing an SMB share. These allow the attacker to remotely execute code on the node. All Windows clients prior to version v.1.32.3 are affected. If you are running Tailscale on Windows, upgrade to v1.32.3 or later to remediate the issue.

Published November 23, 2022.

Re: Golink: A private shortlink service for tailnets

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post #35

A few weeks back, I installed Tailscale on a Friday and the following Sunday my machine (ubuntu 22.10) was hacked and running mining/tracking software and rsyslog. I only noticed because my fans were spinning harder than usual. caveat emptor

Ouch. CVE-2022-41924 Severe 9.6 A vulnerability identified in the Tailscale Windows client allows a malicious website to reconfigure the Tailscale daemon `tailscaled`, which can then be used to remotely execute code. In the Tailscale Windows client, the local API was bound to a local TCP socket, and communicated with the Windows client GUI in cleartext with no Host header verification. This allowed an attacker-contro…

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Re: Golink: A private shortlink service for tailnets

#40
post #35

A few weeks back, I installed Tailscale on a Friday and the following Sunday my machine (ubuntu 22.10) was hacked and running mining/tracking software and rsyslog. I only noticed because my fans were spinning harder than usual. caveat emptor

Ouch. CVE-2022-41924 Severe 9.6 A vulnerability identified in the Tailscale Windows client allows a malicious website to reconfigure the Tailscale daemon `tailscaled`, which can then be used to remotely execute code. In the Tailscale Windows client, the local API was bound to a local TCP socket, and communicated with the Windows client GUI in cleartext with no Host header verification. This allowed an attacker-contro…

Only affected Windows though. The user is on ubuntu
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