Web dev security school

This week, we’re joined by Ron Perris, a Security Engineer at Reddit and software security enthusiast. Together, we dive into best practices and common pitfalls, covering topics from dangerous URLs to JSON injection attacks. Tune in for an educational conversation, and don’t forget to bring your notebooks!

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Featuring:

• Ron Perris – Twitter, GitHub
• Amal Hussein – Twitter, GitHub
• Christopher Hiller – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• 10 React Security Best Practices Cheatsheet (by Ron Perris & Liran Tal)
• ZAP - the worlds most widely used web app scanner
• Loco Moco Security Conference in Hawai’i
• Node.js Ecosystem Security Working Group
• Node.js Security Bug Reporting
• Node.js Hacker One Page
• Node.js Third Party Labs Hacker One Page (now disabled)
• Python’s Advocate Library - for making secure HTTP requests on behalf of a third party
• DOMPurify - DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG
• ESLint Security Plugin
• Content Security Policy

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Timestamps:

(00:00) - It's party time, y'all
(00:39) - Sponsor: Convex
(04:10) - Welcoming Ron Perris
(04:46) - Ron's background
(14:55) - NodeJS Security Working Group
(23:47) - Sponsor: Appwrite
(26:35) - Where to get started with security
(34:17) - String injectiony stuff
(39:42) - XSS protection
(43:40) - URL-based script injection
(50:41) - Who's responsible for security?
(52:38) - Sponsor: Changelog News
(54:19) - On security teams
(58:00) - On project security
(59:51) - Sanitize & render HTML
(1:04:45) - Secure server-side rendering
(1:05:55) - Avoid JSON injection attacks
(1:08:50) - User linter configs
(1:10:54) - Thomas Eckert's question
(1:13:57) - Why aren't people taught this?
(1:16:10) - The Loco Moco conference
(1:17:14) - Frontend vs backend security
(1:24:14) - Connecting with Ron
(1:25:45) - Next up on the pod (Join ++!)

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