CISSP Training Kit

Answers

This section contains the answers to the exercises and the Chapter review section in this chapter.

Exercise 9-1

Because of the large attack surface, most browsers support numerous security features, including (but not limited to):

• Warning of potentially dangerous downloads

• Filtering and disallowing active content and mobile code

• Filtering and disallowing suspicious websites

• Disabling online tracking

• Recognizing cross-site scripting attacks

• Disabling recording browsing-session details

• Deleting browsing history on exit

• Disallowing SSL-secured sites with certificate errors

• Disallowing submission of cleartext form data

• Blocking pop-ups

• Disallowing website redirects

• Blocking third-party cookies

• Blocking all cookies

• Parental controls: Allowing lists for children ...