WML for Secure Applications

When creating WML decks, you have a few techniques available to ensure that sensitive information does not leave the secure communication channel between the user and your application. This section will cover the mechanics of protecting your decks from attacking applications using the access element and the sendreferer attribute. I will also show you how to make sure your application doesn't leave trace data behind.

Restricting Access

WML allows you to tell the browser to keep other applications from linking into decks within your application. That is, WML provides you the access element in which you specify where the linking deck must live in order to reference your deck successfully. Its syntax is simple, as you ...

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