The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook

The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook
Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws

The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws
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Stuttard, Dafydd, 1972-
The web application hacker's handbook : discovering and exploiting security flaws / Dafydd Stut-
tard, Marcus Pinto.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-470-17077-9 (pbk.)
1. Internet--Security measures. 2. Computer security. I. Pinto, Marcus, 1978- II. Title.
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