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JavaScript Security

By : Eugene Liang
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JavaScript Security

By: Eugene Liang

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JavaScript Security
Eugene Liang
Nov, 2014 | 112 pages
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Table of Contents (13 chapters)
JavaScript Security
JavaScript Security
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
JavaScript and the Web
JavaScript and the Web
JavaScript and your HTML/CSS elements
JavaScript beyond the client
JavaScript security issues
Summary
2
Secure Ajax RESTful APIs
Secure Ajax RESTful APIs
Building a RESTful server
Basic defense against similar attacks
Summary
3
Cross-site Scripting
Cross-site Scripting
What is cross-site scripting?
Examples of cross-site scripting
Defending against cross-site scripting
Summary
4
Cross-site Request Forgery
Cross-site Request Forgery
Introducing cross-site request forgery
Other examples of CSRF
Other forms of protection
Summary
5
Misplaced Trust in the Client
Misplaced Trust in the Client
When trust gets misplaced
Summary
6
JavaScript Phishing
JavaScript Phishing
What is JavaScript phishing?
Examples of JavaScript phishing
Defending against JavaScript phishing
Summary
Index
Index

Chapter 1. JavaScript and the Web

First of all, welcome to the book! In this chapter, I will give a very high-level overview of JavaScript, such as some of the basic things it can do on the Web both on the client side and on the server side. After that, I will dive into some of the basic examples of JavaScript security issues.

Here's what we will learn in this chapter:

  • The relationship of JavaScript with HTML/CSS

  • Some basic usage of jQuery, a popular JavaScript library

  • A high-level overview of JavaScript security

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