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The Problem(s) with the Browser

Presented by Collin Jackson on Jan 19, 2011 Length 00:57:26     Download: MP3
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Sections
Architecture & Design,
Development
Topics
QCon San Francisco 2010 ,
.NET ,
QCon ,
Conferences ,
Programming ,
Architecture ,
Security ,
Browsers
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Summary
Collin Jackson discusses ways to enforce browser session security against threats such as Cross-Site Request Forgery and various network attacks – eavesdropping, corrupt traffic, fake certificates – using Local Storage and Strict Transport Security.

Bio
Collin Jackson is an assistant research professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Silicon Valley campus. His research focuses on the security of browsers and web applications. Previously, Collin worked for Google, improving the security and privacy of the Google Chrome browser. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

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