5. Browser and mobile security
5.1 Web page complexity
For the general public, and for the majority of computer users in general, the Web browser has become the universal access device, not only to the Internet and systems such as messaging and social networking, but also to business management applications, research data, analysis software for various scientific disciplines, network control, etc. Browser reliability is therefore a crucial safety issue, while its functional richness and complexity continue to grow. Browser reliability is therefore a crucial security issue, while the functional richness and complexity of browsers continues to grow.
When the browser was invented (NCSA Mosaic in 1993), its operation could be represented by the diagram in figure
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Bibliography
Organizations
OWASP – Open web application security project
Https://www.owasp.org/index.php/main_page
W3Techs – world wide web technology survey
Standards
- spécifications pour l'implémentation de réseaux numériques locaux à liaison sans fil - IEEE 802.11 - 2014
- The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2 - RFC5246 - 2008
- Information Technology – Open systems interconnection – The directory: general framework for public key and attribute certificates - ITU T X.509 - 2016
- The web origin concept - RFC6454 - 2011
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