General Terms Flashcards
Window of Exposure
The “Window of Exposure” is considered to be the time between the moment a vulnerability is disclosed and the moment a patch is available.
MIME types
Also known as media types.
A standard that indicates the nature and format of a document, file, or assortment of bytes.
The simplest MIME type consists of a type and a subtype.
Format:
type/subtype
Important MIME types for web developers
application/octet-stream text/plain text/css text/html text/javascript Image types Audio and video types multipart/form-data multipart/byteranges
Document Type Definition (DTD)
A description of the different types of elements and markup tags allowable in a particular SGML, XML, or HTML document and where they can occur within the document.
Taint Analysis
Tracking non-trusted user input throughout the execution flow to determine if unanticipated input can affect program execution in malicious ways.