Securing Ajax applications.

XII, 233 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - If your site has any security flaws, using Ajax can increase the risks. This book explores Ajax and web application security with an eye for locating dangerous gaps, and it offers ways that you can cover them before they become a real problem. Securing Ajax Applications presents basic security techniques and examines vulnerabilities with JavaScript, XML, JSON, Flash, and other technologies-vital information that you need to save time and money. Make security a priority from the very beginning, rather than adding it in as an afterthought. Security expert Christopher Wells succinctly explains how the same back-and-forth communication that makes Ajax so responsive also gives invaders new opportunities to gather data, make creative new requests of your server, and interfere with exchanges between you and your users. You will learn how to build secure Ajax applications and discover how to respond quickly when attacks do occur. Topics include: An overview of the evolving web platform, including APIs, feeds, web services, and asynchronous messaging -- Web security basics, including common vulnerabilities and cures, state management, and session management -- How to secure web technologies, such as Ajax, JavaScript, Java applets, Active X controls, plug-ins, Flash, and Flex -- How to protect your server, including frontline defense, dealing with application servers, PHP, and scripting -- Vulnerabilities among web standards such as HTTP, XML, JSON, RSS, ATOM, REST, and XDOS -- How to secure web services, build secure APIs, and make open mashups secure.