Splitting the email atom: exploiting parsers to bypass access controls
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Splitting the email atom: exploiting parsers to bypass access controls

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Some websites parse email addresses to extract the domain and infer which organisation the owner belongs to. This pattern makes email-address parser discrepancies critical. Predicting which domain an

Some websites parse email addresses to extract the domain and infer which organisation the owner belongs to. This pattern makes email-address parser discrepancies critical. Predicting which domain an