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How do you use a cookie for web session management?
Answer- We can use a browser cookie, by creating a session token
cookie.
Describe session hijacking.
Answer- An attacker waits for a user to log in, and then the attacker can
steal the user session token and hijacks the session
Describe session fixation.
Answer- Attacker faking a session. The attacker can trick the user into
clicking a URL that sets a session token, or it can use cross site scripting
attacks to set token values.
How do you prevent session hijacking?
Answer- -Use session tokens that are not predictable
-Bind a session token to the user's computer
,How do you prevent session fixation?
Answer- When elevating a user from anonymous to logged in, a website
should always issue a new session token
HTTPS True or False - Can this item be encrypted by HTTPS: Request
URL
Answer- True
HTTPS True or False - Can this item be encrypted by HTTPS: Query
parameters
Answer- True
HTTPS True or False - Can this item be encrypted by HTTPS: Headers
Answer- True
HTTPS True or False - Can this item be encrypted by HTTPS: Cookies
Answer- True
, HTTPS True or False - Can this item be encrypted by HTTPS: Host
addresses
Answer- False
HTTPS True or False - Can this item be encrypted by HTTPS: Port
numbers
Answer- False
HTTPS True or False - Can this item be encrypted by HTTPS: The
amount of transferred data
Answer- False
HTTPS True or False - Can this item be encrypted by HTTPS: Length of
the session
Answer- False
What is a web certificate?
Answer- A third party verification of identity used to show ownership of
a common name (domain name)