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Launched Q&A site for security professionals to discuss vulnerabilities like XSS, buffer overflows, SQL injection, CSRF, clickjacking, as well as system and network security. Discussions related to OWASP projects, tools, papers, and other materials are encouraged.

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Whatever - you ruined the joke. – Nathan Osman Jun 22 '10 at 21:02
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@Jeff, while I love this proposal, and would definitely be active in this site, I'm having a niggling that it might NOT be a good idea, that is to segregate security topics away from programmers eyes and mindset. In line with OWASP intents, it might be better to keep appsec issues back on SO to encourage developer pariticipation and awareness. – AviD Jun 22 '10 at 21:09
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As an example, there are some GREAT practical questions on SO wrt XSS / SQL injection and evasions, CSRF protections, secure cryptowebsystems, etc – AviD Jun 22 '10 at 21:11
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Top Example Questions

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To secure my web site with HTTPS, does it matter which company I source my SSL certificate from, or just that the browser recognizes it?

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We are writing a Java web application, what are the recommended tools and practices for locating and fixing potential security issues?

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If I hash passwords before storing them in my database, is that sufficient to prevent them being retrieved by anyone?

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My boss thinks that running an automated application vulnerability scanner is sufficient to certify our application is secure. Why isn't it?

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If I'm running a lean start-up, and I can't afford to pay a dedicated security expert, what types of precautions can I take?


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"I run a couple of simple websites and would like to be up to date on how to keep them secure."
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"I've been involved with App. security and OWASP for a while now, and I think this could be a really good place to help record info. about it ..."
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