Tag - mind-tricks
7 classic web-development security issues
Wednesday, November 18 2009
Web applications security is a tricky matter, not only because of the inherent complexity and variety of the web-platform itself, but also because of the number of possible interactions between...
IE8 XSS Protection, part 2
Friday, November 6 2009
Paul twitted a former entry of this blog about the IE8 XSS filter, subsequently attracting reactions on this otherwise very quiet blog :-). As the post in question was a typical trollish rant of me,...
IE8 XSS "Protection"
Tuesday, October 27 2009
So, it appears IE8 introduced a brand new XSS protection mechanism. It apparently does so by inspecting javascript resources and modifying them before execution. So long, so good? Well... apparently,...
Javascript mind tricks: How to hang yourself with... the mythical javascript execution sandbox
Wednesday, September 9 2009
Having the ability to execute javascript code in a sandbox-d context is a highly desirable feature. Why you want to do that is certainly legitimate, and there are a number of use-cases that generally...
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