11 December 2008

Web Browser Security Properties Reference

There's a new resource for web application architects, developers and testers who want to find out more about the security properties of the most common web browsers.

Partial screen capture from the Browser Security Handbook wiki landing page showing the main author's details (Michal Zalewski), release licence terms and conditions (CC-3.0-BY) and the table of contents: Introduction, Disclaimers and typographical conventions, Part 1 Basic concepts behind web browsers, Part 2 Standard browser security features, Part 3 Experimental and legacy security mechanisms.

A message was posted to the The Web Security Mailing List today highlighting the Browser Security Handbook. I've yet to digest all the information but it seems to be very comprehensive. The web browsers recently tested and reported on are:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 & 7
  • Mozilla Firefox 2 & 3
  • Apple Safari 3
  • Opera 9
  • Google Chrome
  • Android

The inclusion of test cases in the download is especially helpful. We should thank all the contributors for this excellent live document.

Posted on: 11 December 2008 at 16:41 hrs

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