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Net-Security.org: Surfing Between the Flags: Security on the Web

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 28, 2000

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“There is an increased need to address the growing number and
severity of security issues central to new and developing World
Wide Web (WWW) services, especially usage involving commercial
communication and transactions.”

“This paper examines internet security with respect to the WWW.
A number of WWW security issues are presented in three areas:
server, client and communication between server and client.
Practical precautions and solutions are suggested regarding these
issues. Guidelines for protecting host systems are
discussed.”

“This paper aims to promote an awareness of security issues in
WWW site maintainers and in general WWW users, without resorting to
scare tactics.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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