No story this time. This chapter is a catch-all for a couple other attacks you need to protect against, so there isn’t an overarching narrative. Try to contain your disappointment.
Never Trust Yourself: Use Safe Defaults
One of the core concepts of a secure system is safe defaults. Whenever possible (and it’s usually possible), you should define variables, properties, and so forth early with a safe default.
A safe default usually means a NULL, empty, or FALSE state. When determining logic flow, the default should always be a failure. For example, in the authentication ...
