Chapter 2. HTML
Information in this chapter:
• History and Overview
• Basic Markup Obfuscation
• Advanced Markup Obfuscation
• URIs
• Beyond HTML
Abstract:
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a markup language for structuring Web pages. The idea behind the creation of HTML was to find a platform-independent way to structure and output text and similar data for the Web. Although the language is easy to learn on the surface, it can take years of intense study to really understand. Therefore, mastering HTML from a security point of view—in terms of both attack and defense—is complicated. This chapter attempts to ease the learning process. In addition to discussing the HTML family and its hidden gems for attackers and trapdoors for defenders, this chapter ...
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