Questions tagged [api-gateway]
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Rest API Security Guideline. Developer Rules? [closed]
In my current project I am also setting up the area of security testing. So far there was no way to use security within the REST API development. Beside the known approach, e.g. using static software ...
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Security considerations of consuming public API
I have a website and i want to consume public API from third party services such as Zoopla, weather etc.
I want to ensure i do not consume malicious code/malware from the data retrieved from the 3rd ...
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How to use Oauth2 and JWT to secure microservice architecture?
We have been investigating proper mechanism to secure microservises that we are going to provide as API endpoints via API manager application.
Fundamentally we need stateless security mechanism like ...
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Would a reverse-proxy authentication server be a secure setup?
I work at a small consultancy and we often make web apps for our clients. One part of the web app that is often repetitive to write is the authentication system. In a lot of our web apps we would ...
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How I can enumerate all endpoints of an API?
Let's say I have an API api.example.com and I want to test all endpoints. I don't have access to documentation, how I can enumerate all the endpoints?
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What's the difference between an API gateway and XML gateway?
I'm studying for the CCSP exam and am confused on the difference between an "API gateway" and "XML gateway". The training material I have states:
API gateways are also an important part of a ...
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Concerns when passing all OPTIONS requests through authorization proxy gateway
I have a React based application which uses RESTful services on backend distributed on private network. To communicate with such services using AJAX, client application sends all its request through ...
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OAuth2 Implicit Flow: Possible Attack Vectors of Refreshing Token via CORS?
We are currently implementing a Single Page Application (Angular2) and thus have run into the standard "how do we secure our backend API" problem.
The standard solution to this apparently to use the ...
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What security controls should be in the API Gateway and what in the webservices?
Nowadays webservices are used a lot and a "new" kind of product is in the streets: the API Gateway. This solucion is published to Internet, receives the requests for webservices from external parties ...
