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More .well-known checks

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#72 opened on Jan 27, 2020

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Description

.well-known (RFC) is becoming an increasingly popular destination for stashing site-wide metadata. Some of that metadata is relevant to site security or may unintentionally leak information, so we should scan it.

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Research direction
Investigate the Wikipedia list of .well known services and RFCs, then implement scans for each relevant path in the existing Shell codebase.
Tech stack
shell
Domain
backendsecurity
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Mostly clear
Prerequisites
GitShellHTTP
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75