Handbook

Developing the server-side web application infrastructure requires an understanding in the client-server mechanisms. The course teaches how web server receives and processes requests from the users. The process creates dynamic pages, where the subsequent page view depends on what the user requests. The web infrastructure use a separate database server to persist and look up information to allow rich web content. The course further points to the weaknesses in web development from the security point of view. It shows how users can attack web sites through manipulating web requests to change the behaviour of web applications. Depending on the degree of the attacks, damages to the victim web sites varies. The course allows students to assess the degree of security of web systems.