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Q1. What are the types of authentication used in Web services ?

Web Service

Ans. Encrypted User Name / Password
Encrypted Password within Cookie
Encrypted Tokens
IP
Client Certificates
Oauth

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Q2. Have you ever heard about csrf attacks ?

Security

Ans. Yes, Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is an attack that forces an end user to execute unwanted actions on a web application in which they're currently authenticated.

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Q3. Can you tell something about Web security ?

Web

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Q4. What is XSS or Cross site scripting ?

Security

Ans. XSS or cross site scripting is a javascript vulnerability in web applications. The easiest way to explain this is with a case when the user enters a script in the client side input fields and that input gets processed without getting validated. This leads to untrusted data getting saved and executed on the client side.

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Q5. What are the ways we can get over XSS or cross site scripting vulnerability ?

Security

Ans. The counter measures of XSS are input validation and implementing a CSP (Content Security Policy).

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Q6. How can we protect an application from an XSS attack ?

Security

Ans. By properly encoding data while persisting as well as retrieval.

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