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Web Security for Developers
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Web Security for Developers

by Malcolm McDonald
June 2020
Beginner to intermediate
216 pages
6h 4m
English
No Starch Press
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10SESSION HIJACKING

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When a website successfully authenticates a user, the browser and the server open a session. A session is an HTTP conversation in which the browser sends a series of HTTP requests corresponding to user actions, and the web server recognizes them as coming from the same authenticated user without requiring the user to log back in for each request.

If a hacker can access or forge session information that the browser sends, they can access any user’s account on your site. Thankfully, modern web servers contain secure session-management code, which makes it practically impossible for an attacker to manipulate or forge a session. ...

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