A tangled web
by Lucy Maud Montgomery · first published 1931
100% recommend
It all begins with Great Aunt Becky and her infamous prized possession: a legendary heirloom jug. After her death, everyone wants it. But the name of the new owner will not be revealed for one year ... Over the next twelve months, scandals, quarrels and love affairs abound within the Dark and Penhallow clans - with the jug at the centre of it all. Engagements are broken; lifelong mutual hatred blossoms into romance; lovers separated years ago are reunited. But then comes the night that the eccentric matriarch's wishes will be revealed - and both families are in for the biggest surprise of them
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…better resource for learning to break web applications than for learning to build them properly. It will teach you every about almost every vulnerability that can be classified and how to find it. The Tangled Web is better for learning the underlying causes of various issues presented in the former book and for learning how to prevent them. It has excellent, practical checklists at the end of every chapter for…
on “Ask HN: Best resources on webapp security?” ↗…Especially instructive for source code review. 4. Security Engineering (Ron Anderson) Supplements #3. Very instructive for injecting security into the overall SDLC and designing secure software. 5. The Tangled Web Excellent historical background and good high level overview of many information security topics. Every engineer should read this, even if they don't work in security. 6. Gray Hat Python Very hands…
on “Ask HN: What are the best books for learning information security?” ↗You might try The Tangled Web. I've only read a few of the early chapters, but those at least seem good. http://nostarch.com/tangledweb
on “Breaker 101: An intensive online web security course” ↗^^ Exhibit A: One of the firms you'd want to try your hand at working for first :) They might also send / you'd want to read: - Gray Hat Python (debugging and fuzzing with Python) - The Tangled Web (web browser security and insecurity) - The Art of Software Security Assessment - the bible, which you really want to read as it's a foundational text. Very dense, but you'll come out of it knowing how…
on “A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn” ↗I didn't read that out of The Tangled Web. It did cover attacks, but it was also a solid guide on shoring up defenses for developers. To circle back to your question - nginx is fairly robust out of the box, but The Tangled Web will cover extra…
on “Cybersecurity Humble Book Bundle” ↗