Web Security Overview
It is one thing to worry about security on your company’s network, but it is another thing to worry about security in a Web application. Connections can come from anyplace in the world, and the possibility of data interception exists anywhere along that connection path. It is also more difficult in a Web application to know where the user is. On your company’s network, if it is a LAN, you know that they are in the building or somewhere close by.
Authentication is one of the foremost components of a Web application’s security. This authentication takes two forms: server authentication and client authentication.
A client machine can surf to many Web sites without fear of who is managing the site and its content. But when ...
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