Web Security Tool Copies Apps' Moves
Ripley goes further than previous efforts to secure the integrity of Web applications. "It takes integrity protection to its logical extreme," says Adam Barth, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley who specializes in the security of Web applications. He was not involved with the project. "Instead of just verifying that a request came from the proper website, Ripley verifies that the user's actions are actually allowed by the application's user interface."
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