Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Alejandro86 and soft media users 1520111 for their clue delivery! CTOnews.com, November 6, according to Bleeping Computer, Discord will switch to temporary file links for all users by the end of this year to prevent attackers from using their CDN (content delivery network) to host and push malware.

"Discord is improving its method of attaching CDN URL to create a more secure experience for users. This will help our security team restrict access to tagged content and generally reduce the amount of malware distributed using our CDN," Discord said.

The platform will start using temporary file links, which will expire after 24 hours for content shared outside the Discord. "there is no impact on Discord users who share content in the Discord client, and any links in the client will be automatically refreshed. If users use Discord managed files, we recommend that they look for a more appropriate service."

CTOnews.com notes that CDN URL will come with three new parameters that will add an expiration timestamp and a unique signature that will remain valid until the link expires, thus preventing permanent file hosting using Discord's CDN.

"to improve the security of Discord's CDN, attachment CDN URL has three new URL parameters: ex, is, and hm. Once authentication is implemented later this year, the link with the given signature (hm) will take effect until the expiration timestamp (ex)," the Discord development team explained in an article shared on the Discord developer server.

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