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Learn to Prevent Cross-Site Scripting with Node.js

Learn how to identify and prevent different types of Cross-Site Scripting attacks in Node.js apps.

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    Intermediate

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    Approx. 2 hours

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About this course

Identifying and preventing Cross-Site Scripting Attacks on Node.js applications is an important defense measure to prevent serious damage to systems and users. To protect a Node.js application from such vulnerability, it is important to learn how and where to identify the vulnerability and how to eradicate it to secure your system.

Skills you'll gain

  • Identify the different types of Cross-Site Scripting Attacks such as Stored XSS, Reflected XSS, and DOM-Based XSS.

  • Eradicate Cross-Site Scripting Attacks using protection strategies, data validation, and data sanitization.

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1 lessons • 1 projects • 1 quizzes
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Sarai Fernandez
Computer Science Domain Manager at Codecademy
Sarai is the Computer Science Domain Manager at Codecademy. Sarai has a B.S. in Symbolic Systems with a Human Computer Interaction Concentration from Stanford University. While much of her technical knowledge comes from the courses she took in college, she learned Python from Codecademy!
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