Tips for RIA Security
August 21, 2011 :: 769 Views
"A Rich Internet Application (RIA) is basically a Web application with a rich, graphical UI. The elements that define the "rich" in an RIA include drag-and-drop functionality, fast mouse-click responses, and instant state change of visual UI components without affecting the rest of the screen.
The growth of RIAs is exploding, but that brings increased risk with it. Many developers don't realize the numerous ways information exposed in the browser can be compromised.
That's because the information that causes security vulnerabilities is not the information received as input from the user or output to the Web page; rather, it's the various pieces of data that make the application tick. What follows is a guide to understanding these data items and what opportunities they present to a user with malicious intent."
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