Orphan Routes / APIs (Dictionary Entry)

Owned by David Doret (Open Measure)
07-42-2021
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Orphan Routes / APIs

Alternative Forms

  • Orphan

Definitions

Definition 1 Computer Science

Deprecated or abandoned parts of an application. Orphan Routes / APIs constitute a typical security blind spot.

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Orphan routes and APIs representing security blind spots. “Dead code”, also known as orphan routes/APIs are deprecated or abandoned parts of (web) applications with zero business purpose or value, in other words: “blind spots”. Thus, the increase in usage of APIs and the business interconnectivity concepts affects the attack surface (cause by blind spots) to rise exponentially147.

(ENISA, 2019 , p. 37)

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