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The Tangled Web
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The Tangled Web

by Michal Zalewski
November 2011
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
10h 18m
English
No Starch Press
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Appendix A. Epilogue

Well, who would have thought. This concludes The Tangled Web! I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this book as much as I’ve enjoyed exploring the world of browser security over the last decade or so. I also hope that what you’ve discovered on these pages will guide you in your future journeys, wherever they may be.

As for what to make of it all: To me, the stark contrast between the amazing robustness of the modern Web and the inexplicable unsoundness of its foundations was difficult to reconcile at first. In retrospect, I think it offers an important insight into our own, unreasonable attitude about securing the online world.

I am haunted by the uncomfortable observation that in real life, modern societies are built on remarkably ...

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