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Access Control in and Around the Browser

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Information Security Practice and Experience (ISPEC 2014)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNSC,volume 8434))

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We conduct an analysis of access control mechanisms in the browser and note that support for mashups and defences against cross-site scripting attacks are both moving from ad-hoc measures towards solutions where the browser enforces access control policies obtained from a host (CORS and CSP respectively). We also point out the degree of trust these solutions have to take for granted.

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  1. Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

    Dieter Gollmann

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  1. School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fujian Normal University, No. 32 Shangsan Road, 350007, Fuzhou, China

    Xinyi Huang

  2. Infocom Security Department, Institute for Infocomm Research, 1 Fusionopolis Way, #21-01 Connexis, South Tower, 138632, Singapore, Singapore

    Jianying Zhou

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Gollmann, D. (2014). Access Control in and Around the Browser. In: Huang, X., Zhou, J. (eds) Information Security Practice and Experience. ISPEC 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8434. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06320-1_1

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