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 – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Nick Nisi – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Divya – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Notes and Links

• 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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