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> what other security vulnerabilities for Web devs to handle besides csrf Not defending the article but the more intertwined the client and server code becomes
by ben_jones 10y ago
> what other security vulnerabilities for Web devs to handle besides csrf
Not defending the article but the more intertwined the client and server code becomes, as well as server side development in nodejs etc , the more security vulns javascript developers will be exposed to.
In addition nodejs has become arguably THE introductory web development language and as such offloads many complex but necessary tasks to its third party libraries in order for beginners to develop efficiently. This means security features ranging from CSRF to ORMS to CORS etc are taken out of the domain of developers and into that of typically un vetted third party libraries, becoming a vulnerability in and of itself.
- extrapickles 10y agoThe advantage of CSRF/CORS/etc being taken care of by third party libraries is that it will be actually handled (even if its very basic) in sites created by beginners, which is better than not having it at all.