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Secure Java Coding Best Practices

Making your web application flawless against security attacks is a challenge for every java developer. In this article I will briefly describe common practical development techniques that can help you to achieve it.

Secure Java Logging with Logback

Deploying application into secure environment adds some restrictions on logging and log management. OWASP community gives some useful recommendations.

API Authentication: Generating HMAC digest in PHP and Java

User authentication is an important part of the web service API design. One of the common approach is the Hash-based Message Authentication Code – HMAC. Used together with transport level security it provides reliable mechanizm of user authentication and message integrity validation.

Web Security Resources

Here are some useful links to security resources: OWASP to 10 v.2013– A list of the 10 Most Critical Web Application Security Risks. OWASP: list of website security attacks OWASP: list of website vulnerabilities OWASP Development Guide – The OWASP Developer Guide 2014 is a dramatic re-write of one of OWASP’s first and most downloaded projects. The focus moves from countermeasures and weaknesses to secure software engineering. The Developer Guide 2014 is a “first principles” book - it’s not specific to any one language or framework, as they all borrow ideas and syntax from each other.