This course covers the learning outcomes and goals of understanding HTTP cookies, SameSite cookie attribute, un-deletable zombie cookies, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Third Party Cookies, and SameSite cookie exceptions. The course teaches the individual skills of implementing cookies, understanding different types of cookies, and working with JWT in NodeJS and Postgres. The teaching method includes crash courses, examples, and discussions. The intended audience for this course is web developers, software engineers, and anyone interested in web security and privacy.
Overview
Syllabus
HTTP Cookies Crash Course.
SameSite Cookie Attribute Explained by Example (Strict, Lax, None & No SameSite).
How Un-deletable Zombie Cookies work (with implementation example).
JWT - JSON Web Token Crash Course (NodeJS & Postgres).
FireFox Changes to SameSite Cookie Default Behavior Following Chrome’s footsteps - Great Change.
What are Third Party Cookies, How do they work?.
A SameSite Cookie Exception was made to avoid Redirect Loop in Single Sign-On (SSO) Let us Discuss.
I got served an Instagram Ad after browsing this website? Let us discuss how that’s possible.
Taught by
Hussein Nasser
