Chapter 15: Ajax and Security

In This Chapter

• Handling malicious users

• Withstanding JavaScript and SQL injection attacks

• Implementing password protection

• Implementing password protection on the server

• Sending username and password to the server using the XMLHttpRequest object

• Using public/private key encryption to protect passwords

This chapter discusses Ajax and security, a particularly important topicbecause Ajax involves communicating with server-side programming, which lays it open for abuse. This chapter contains a discussion of security issues with Ajax, and what to do about them.