The World Wide Web Security FAQ

1. Introduction

This is the World Wide Web Security Frequently Asked Question list (FAQ). It attempts to answer some of the most frequently asked questions relating to the security implications of running a Web server and using Web browsers.

Copies of this document can be obtained at:

http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/ (html)
http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/www-security-faq.tar.gz (tar gzipped archive)
http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/www-security-faq.zip (PKZIP archive)

Sorry, no text-only or postscript version is available.

This FAQ is now available in expanded book form under the title Web Security: A Step-by-Step Reference Guide, published by Addison-Wesley Longman.

Many thanks to the following people for their helpful comments and contributions to this document:

Bob Bagwill <[email protected]>
Jim Carroll <[email protected]>
Tom Christiansen <[email protected]>
Mike Daren <[email protected]>
John Franks < [email protected]>
Paul Hoffman <[email protected]>
Laura Pearlman <[email protected]>
Louis Perrochon <[email protected]>
David Weisman <[email protected]>
William C. DenBesten <[email protected]>
Ian Redfern<[email protected]>
Bob Denny <[email protected]>
Eric Hammond <[email protected]>
Peter Trei <[email protected]>
Brian Kendig <[email protected]>
Lewis Geer <[email protected]>

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Lincoln D. Stein ([email protected])
WWW Consortium

Last modified: Wed Apr 15 14:57:52 EST 1998