Did you know Feross taught Web Security at Stanford last Fall? On this episode, Divya and Nick enroll in his security school to learn about XSS, CSP, ambient authority, and a whole lot more.
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Featuring:
- Feross Aboukhadijeh – Website, GitHub, X
- Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
- Divya – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Show Notes:
- JS Danger: OpenJS World Edition on YouTube
- CS 253 Web Security - YouTube Playlist
- CS 253 Course Website
- CSP
- Darknet Diaries on Samy
- Krebs on Security
- Clickjacking
- CSP Is Dead, Long Live CSP! On the Insecurity of Whitelists and the Future of Content Security Policy
- Reining in the Web with Content Security Policy
- Cross-Site Request Forgery Prevention Cheat Sheet
- Same-origin policy
- Cross-Site Request Forgery is dead!
- Incrementally Better Cookies
- SameSite cookies explained
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