Month: August 2011

Posted on

It’s raining back in the hometown… (eve of Hari Raya Aidilfitri)

It’s has been raining in my hometown, the rain stops for a couple of hours and then it starts again… it has been like this for days. The weather forecast predicted that this pattern will continue for at least a week.

Well, better get umbrella for tomorrow then, because we’re gonna celebrate HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI!!!!

Selamat Hari Raya and Independence Day to all of you!!!

Posted on

Securing Ajax and Web Services

It is undeniable that Web services and AJAX-ified interfaces are the trend now. Application that utilizes internet to retrieve data (such as mobile application or other thin client) uses web services alongside with its data format. AJAX-ified interface and website gives a modern and edgy look can make websites more attractive and can create great impression to the users.

However the issue of the web application security would still remain the same, if not more challenging, since there are so many ways to exploit the vulnerability of websites that utilizes Web Services and AJAX transfers on the background.

Therefore, it is imperative to use the right technique in order to evaluate the security of these services before deploying them out in the open.

For that matter, now I’m currently reading Ajax Security (Hoffman,B. & Sullivan, B.) and Securing Ajax applications (Wells, C.) which in my opinion is a pretty good start for somebody like me to understand common methods for securing web services and websites which uses AJAX heavily.

Hopefully the situation would improved as there are a lot of campaigns around to raise the state of awareness of web application security.