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OWASP Working Session - Browser Security

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Working Sessions Operational Rules - Please see here the general frame of rules.
WORKING SESSION IDENTIFICATION
Work Session Name ISWG Browser Security
Short Work Session Description Brainstorming on how to introduce more useful security into our browsers
Related Projects (if any)

OWASP ISWG (Intrinsic Security Working Group) = OWASP Intrinsic Security Working Group - Browser Security

Email Contacts & Roles Chair
Arshan Dabirsiaghi 		Secretary
Kuai Hinojosa 		Mailing list
Subscription Page
WORKING SESSION SPECIFICS
Objectives
  • Discuss ongoing HTML5 security research,
  • Discuss further ramifications of HTML5 (cross-site XHR, Access-Control, client storage, etc.),
  • Take a look at security critical areas and discuss possible browser improvements.
Venue/Date&Time/Model Venue
OWASP EU Summit Portugal 2008 		Date&Time
November 4, 2008
8:30 		Discussion Model
Everybody is a Participant
WORKING SESSION OPERATIONAL RESOURCES
Projector, whiteboards, markers, Internet connectivity, power
WORKING SESSION ADDITIONAL DETAILS
  • Browsers to invite: IE, FF, Safari, Opera and Chrome.
  • Agenda:

- Time: 30 mins Introduction

- Time: 2 hrs 00 mins Identify and generate advice on short term issues with relatively low impact on adoption and site-breakage Analyze security feature matrix and compare browser features

- Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Address issues in the current HTML5 specifications

- Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Long term: General policy enforcement (NoScript as a model for browsers?) Long term: JavaScript policy-driven sandboxing

- Remaining time:

Identify 5 Key Browser Risks and select the top 3, Build a proposal to target key players in the industry and ask for their support Confirm point leads, roles and responsibilities

Related resources:

WORKING SESSION OUTCOMES
Statements, Initiatives or Decisions Proposed by Working Group Approved by OWASP Board
OWASP Top 10 Browser Wishlist. Successful. Top 10 browser security features identified.
Actionable advice and technical arguments for HTML5 feature set. Unsuccessful. HTML5 was not discussed due to time constraints.
Establish OWASP points-of-contact for W3C. Unsuccessful. W3C relationship was not discussed due to time constraints.
Understand vendor perspective Successful due to vendor insight from Peleus Uhley.
Identify top 3 risks to browsers Successful. A draft of an open letter to the browsers from the ISWG was created. Awaiting signing from security, industry and standards organizations before publishing.
Begin promotional activities Successful. Blog postings are planned, and talking points have been created.

Working Session Participants

WORKING SESSION PARTICIPANTS
1 Mario Heiderich Independent Participant
2 Gareth Heyes Independent Participant
3 Marcin Wielgoszewski Protiviti Participant
4 Adam Baso Symantec Participant
5 Achim Hoffmann Independent Participant
6 David Rook Realex Payments Participant
7 Peleus Uhley Adobe Systems Participant
8 Giorgio Fedon Minded Security Participant
9 Esteban ribicic HP Participant
10 Nishi Kumar Fidelity Nationals Participant
11 Alex Smolen Foundstone Participant
12 Tom Brennan WhiteHat Security Participant
13 Georg Hess Art of Defence Participant
14 Ljubibratic Gradimir Telecom Serbia Participant
15 Achim Hoffmann SecureNet Participant
16 Edgar Vasquez Softtek Participant
17 Michael Coates Aspect Security Participant
18 David Campbell OWASP Denver Participant
19 Jeff Williams Aspect Security Participant
20 Kuai Hinojosa NYU Participant

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