Security a Concern as HTML5 Gains Traction

win32sux · 09-18-2010, 03:18 PM

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From animated logos to Web videos for hip, independent bands, HTML5 is getting buzz and gaining traction. But concerns about the security of features in the new version of the Web's lingua franca persist.

Every technology innovation has its coming out party, and Google Inc.'s recent "dancing balls" logo experiment was widely interpreted as a high-impact debut for the next version of HTML, dubbed HTML5. But web security experts are warning that the sprawling new Web standard may favor functionality over security, enabling a new generation of powerful Web based attacks.

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{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 09-18-2010, 03:31 PM

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Though no specific vulnerabilities or attacks against HTML5-specific features are documented, experts point to a few areas of concern:

I'm no web-dev, nor am I a hacker, to me this sounds like more of the same "clucking" we got from experts as we were approaching the year 2k.

win32sux · 09-18-2010, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

Could.. Might.. May..I'm no web-dev, nor am I a hacker, to me this sounds like more of the same "clucking" we got from experts as we were approaching the year 2k.

Haha, could be. But wasn't the Y2K panic sort of a media-driven frenzy? Or were there really subject matter experts expressing their concern over it like in this case? It's an honest question, as I can't really remember the pre-Y2K situation.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 09-18-2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by win32sux

Haha, could be. But wasn't the Y2K panic sort of a media-driven frenzy? Or were there really subject matter experts expressing their concern over it like in this case? It's an honest question, as I can't really remember the pre-Y2K situation.

That is the one thing that sticks in my mind. Experts of all sorts on the news and, gracing various panels. They mostly talked about the 'chaos' that could/might descend upon us. I cannot recall one so called expert saying, something may happen but life will continue as normal.

As for the media's part. The media doesn't know its Bits from its Bytes. If it smells like something that can spread panic, they are on it like 'White on rice'...

I'm not saying that the security concerns expressed over HTML5 are not real I don't know. At least validate your claims with proof!