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Evaluation of Open Source Server-Side XSS Protection Solutions

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Information and Software Technologies (ICIST 2013)

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Web protection against XSS attacks is an indispensable tool for implementing reliable online systems. XSS attacks can be used for various malicious actions and stealing important information. Protection may be implemented both on user computer and on server side. In this work we have analyzed the server side protection solutions. These solutions must ensure appropriate level of security and at the same time should not considerably increase page response time. The aim of this paper is to determine the most effective and safe free tools for protection against XSS attacks for web pages created using PHP, ASP.NET and Java technologies.

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  1. Computer Department, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 50, LT-51368, Kaunas, Lithuania

    Jonas Ceponis, Algimantas Venckauskas & Dainius Mockus

  2. Information System Department, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 50, LT-51368, Kaunas, Lithuania

    Lina Ceponiene

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  1. Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu g. 50-313a, 51368, Kaunas, Lithuania

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  2. Centre of Information Systems Design Technologies, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu st. 50-313a, 51368, Kaunas, Lithuania

    Rimantas Butleris

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Ceponis, J., Ceponiene, L., Venckauskas, A., Mockus, D. (2013). Evaluation of Open Source Server-Side XSS Protection Solutions. In: Skersys, T., Butleris, R., Butkiene, R. (eds) Information and Software Technologies. ICIST 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 403. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41947-8_29

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