Securing your application with CORS headers
Details
Our next meetup is on the horizon! All web developers know how hard it can be to communicate between the UI and the core of the application. Or should we say ... was? This time we have Rachelle Scheijen talking about CORS. She will talk about things you really want to know!
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The lecture
The communication between the front-end and the back-end is the weak spot. Failing to secure this layer leaves your application open to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).
CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) limits the communication to allowed parties and only those parties.
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About Rachelle Scheijen
Rachelle is a software engineer and independent contractor specialized in modern web and backend development, with expertise in PHP, Java, JavaScript and Linux. She focuses on building clean, practical and scalable solutions and is active in the developer community through open-source projects and discussions around technology, security and best practices.
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About the location
The meetup is held at Cell[0]. Cell[0] provides us an great location, food (pizza, vegan as well) and drinks. The office of Cell[0] is located inside the Klokgebouw building at Strijp-S. The entrance is in the middle of the building along Philitelaan, which is opposite the Ketelhuis.
If the door is locked, please ring the bell at number 112. Once inside, follow the signs to the second floor.
For parking, paid options are available along the road at Strijp-S and in the "Om de Hoek" parking garage. Additionally, you can find some free parking spots along the NS train station "Strijp-S" next to Dinner Time, which is a 5-minute walk. There is also plenty of free parking at the other side of the train tracks, behind the station, along the Groenewoudseweg. That's about 10-minutes walking.
Everybody is encouraged to attend about an hour prior to the lecture, so we can have a chat while enjoying our food.
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About the meetup
• attending the meetup is free (as in free beer);
• free food (pizza, vegan as well) and free drinks are provided!;
• food is available between 18:00 and 19:00;
• prize raffle (JetBrains license) every meetup;
• the lecture will start at 19:00;
• spoken language is English unless not necessary;
• the presentation is in English;
• suitable for novice to expert level;
• held at Cell[0];
• paid parking spaces are right around the building, free parking spaces are a 10 min. walk.