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Resources/materials for implementing secure web services?

I'm implementing a REST-style (note: it needs to be more pragmatic than canonical) web API and I would like to secure it. The language I'm using is rather fresh and doesn't have a lot of high quality ...
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Does the ability for a user to choose the value of a session id cookie constitute a security flaw?

In the context of a web application, a user connects to this application and a session id cookie is set to authenticate the user for next requests. As the cookie is actually present before submitting ...
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UUID and Open_id in cookie 'good' enough?

I am using Tomcat 7, jsp to build a small website. I am new to security and it is a school project so using Spring Security is not an option. I am attempting to store UUID and Open_id in the clients ...
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How to check whether the cookie is set securely

I found solution for setting asp.net_sessionid cookie as secure. The solution is to make changes in web.config file as given below. <\system.web> I want to know if this change is setting the ...
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Web Application - Cookie Expiry

We are using a web application on cloud. I need a small clarification. We are using Perl with Apache. I see a following issue here for the below scenario. I need some inputs of whether this is most ...
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cookie issue with same domain same path but different port

I have two web app running on same host on same path but on different port http://somedomain.com/ and https://somedomain.com/ now when I visit first app it serves the cookie say with name abc, and ...
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Preventing insecure webapp on subdomain compromise security of main webapp

I want your help on getting more concrete information on a type of vulnerability that I remember vaguely. I vaguely remember hearing about a year ago that if you set up a webapp on a subdomain, and ...
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Best way to securely set a session cookie on another domain

We currently have 2 sites http://www.foo.co.uk and https://secure.foo.com. The www site does not have an SSL certificate and is on a different domain. We have a login button on http://www.foo.co.uk ...
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Secure web user authentication even after server-side database compromise

By now, we should all know to use bcrypt or scrypt to store salted password hashes with a sufficient number of rounds. (See, e.g., https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Password_Storage_Cheat_Sheet) The ...
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Are tracking cookies illegal?

I have a merchant website. When a user visits the website, a cookie is set. Then when the same user visits the site again, we provide him with suggestions, content that he may enjoy based on what ...
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Vulnerabilities of having one path of app accessible only via HTTPS but others via HTTP?

Imagine example.com that is accessible via HTTP and HTTPS. Most of content at site isn't secure and it won't be bad if it will be read by attacker. One of paths - example.com/secure_zone is accessible ...
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CSRF cookie vs session based tokens

I will generate a CSRF token and include it in a hidden form field. When receiving the request, I will check the form value against the value either stored in the user's session or in a cookie. Is it ...
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Why users want to disable cookies?

I just started to create a new web application. In the documentation, it is written that I have to prepare for the situation where users have disabled cookies. This is not the first time I have read ...
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How to detect cookie stuffing attacks?

So the question is how to detect cookie stuffing attacks and how to protect against them? In case of image-based cookie stuffing I can detect that related resources are not loaded and therefore ...
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What servers or clients are immune to related-domain cookie attacks? (*.example.com)

In this question, I want to identify browsers, servers, or implementations that are immune from related domain cookie attacks (e.g. a.example.com vs b.example.com). Lacking any tangible solution, ...
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Active Directory: Should Workstations be separated from servers to protect from related domain hacks?

How should I protect domain joined hosts in the same AD domain from the Related Domain Cookie Attack? Suppose there is an AD forest called example.com. This company has a variety of internal and ...
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What cookie attacks are possible between computers in related DNS domains (*.example.com)?

Here, several servers in the same DNS domain emit cookies under a variety of settings (scope, HTTPS, Secure) and another host emits a cookie with the same value. Example Suppose a user has the ...
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Computer-level logging by financial institutions

I am looking for the best approach to recognizing a specific computer and saving that computer as a "safe" login machine. My intuition points me to using cookies, but what value do I store in there to ...
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Does signing out of a website ensure no-one can cookie hack?

If I click the signout link of a website, does this mean it is not possible for someone to hijack my cookie and sign in with it? While I'm logged in, is it possible for someone who has access to my ...
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Aren't permanantly logged in accounts inherently insecure?

The basic premise behind a "keep me logged in until I log out" feature is a cookie is stored with some identifier that is used to log the user in again when returning to the site. While these ...
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How can I prevent SESSID stealing? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can you secure a web app from FireSheep without using SSL? How can I prevent someone on same network from stealing SESSIONID and using it in his own browser (it would ...
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How to ensure that cookies are always sent via SSL when using ASP.NET on IIS 7.5?

Firesheep has brought the issue of insecure cookie exchanges to the forefront. How can you ensure that all cookie exchanges are forced to occur only via an SSL-secured connection to the server when ...
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How can I decrypt ADFS-based SAML/p or WS-Trust claims?

I'd like to audit the claims that are sent to a client from a SAML/p or WS-Trust authentication. What private keys do I need and how would I decrypt this information? If it makes any difference, I'm ...
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Is randomizing cookie names a good idea?

What security benefits would randomizing cookie names on a website offer? What are some of the challenges it would create?
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What protects cookies?

What protects cookies from being stolen? After all, they are just text files. A misbehaving browser can give up a lot more information that web masters would like. How do I know that a browser won't ...
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Are browser still vulnerable to Cross-Site Cooking?

The latest article that I have been able to find about Cross-Site cooking was stating that it was possible to set cookie on 2 dots top level domain such as .co.uk. The mechanism for preventing ...