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ASP.NET Core in Action, Second Edition
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ASP.NET Core in Action, Second Edition

by Andrew Lock
May 2021
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
832 pages
25h 39m
English
Manning Publications
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18 Improving your application’s security

This chapter covers

  • Encrypting traffic using HTTPS and configuring local SSL certificates
  • Defending against cross-site scripting attacks
  • Protecting from cross-site request forgery attacks
  • Allowing calls to your API from other apps using CORS

Web application security is a hot topic at the moment. Practically every week another breach is reported, or confidential details are leaked. It may seem like the situation is hopeless, but the reality is that the vast majority of breaches could have been avoided with the smallest amount of effort.

In this chapter we’ll look at a few different ways to protect your application and your application’s users from attackers. Because security is an extremely broad topic ...

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