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Web Security Fundamentals
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Web Security Fundamentals

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1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2017 · score 0.7

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A free edX course on web application security fundamentals, offered by KU Leuven, covering common web vulnerabilities and defenses such as password hashing, XSS, Content Security Policy, and certificates. A commenter notes it covers much of the OWASP Top 10.

A commenter who just finished it says it taught them how to avoid common security oversights in web apps and that it covers most of the OWASP Top 10.

Web & Mobile Developmentbeginnerfreemixed#web security#xss#csp#password hashing#owasp#kuleuven

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  1. Recommends__strisk2017in “Ask HN: How to secure your code or software?”

    There is a really good course on edX that goes over some key aspects of secure web applications. Just finished it myself. Learned a lot about preventing common oversights such as maintainable password hashing, XSS, CSP, Certificates, etc.

    https://www.edx.org/course/web-security-fundamentals-kuleuve...

    It pretty much goes over most of the OWASP top 10.

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