WebFund 2014W Lecture 15

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Web Security

Security is (roughly):

  • confidentiality
  • integrity
  • availability

Cryptography (SSL, secure hashes) are tools for achieving security. But they are not the only ones.

Security really matters for web applications because, by design, most are accessible by anyone in the world.

Threat Models

Attacker Goals

Points of Vulnerability