WebAppSec/MozSecureWorld
Purpose
A running web application to demonstrate major security paradigms used within Mozilla web applications and security capabilities of modern browsers.
Uses
- Demonstration of secure application design
- Explanation of importance and purpose of security features
- Learning tool for others to reference
- Testing site to validate effectiveness of security & design recommendations
- Evaluation tool for pen testing individuals or tools
Design
Architecture
Python on Django via Playdoh
Security Components & Controls
Authentication
- Brute force prevention via adaptive CAPTCHA
- Password storage via bcrypt and system nonce
- Account creation with blacklisted password support
- (Possible) Secure Password Reset
How
- Login with database and different users
Access Control
- Presentation, Business, Data Layer Access Control
- Presentation and Data layers use decorators
- Read about presentation layer protection
- (Possible) Two tier design for admin account separation
- The picture of separate control of changing passwords
Input Validation
- Rich text handling via bleach
- File upload support via secure file handling guidelines
- File Handling
- SQL
- Content Security Policy
- outsource all javascript source! for the CSP demo as 2nd barrier beyond escaping characters
- (Possible) Third party service
- (Possible) Third party hosted images. Initial processing and per visit processing?
Transport Security
- Full & correct TLS
- HTTP Strict Transport Security
How
- Follow these rules
Cross Domain Controls
- X-frame-options in header options
See that x/frame-option is denied
Type:
> telnet 127.0.0.1 8000
> GET /en-US/msw/ HTTP/1.1
> press enter
Results: See that x-frame-options: DENY is there!
telnet 127.0.0.1 8000
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /en-US/msw/ HTTP/1.1
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:41:32 GMT
Server: WSGIServer/0.1 Python/2.7.1
x-frame-options: DENY
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Hi there</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>aaiiibarbari</h1>
Hi do I have a good title?
<ul>
<li><a href="/msw/sqlinjection/">page title: SQL Injection</a> </li>
<li><a href="/msw/xss/">page title: XSS</a> </li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Connection closed by foreign host.
Cookie Protection
- Secure Flag
- HTTPOnly Flag
Roadmap
- X Setup playdoh & github
- X Running HelloWorld
- X Design Planning
- X Figure out how to do templates
- X Figure out how to put in database
- X Know how to make pages with templates
- basic: x-frame-options
- basic: secure flag
- basic: httponly flag
- Use bleach for rich text.
- add decorators for data and business layers
- read about presentation layer
- Complete initial presentation layer and CSS for basic item
- Authentication/login
- File upload stuff
- Write about page for each vulnerability