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11th April 2007 - Link Blog

JSON and Browser Security. Douglas Crockford suggests using secret tokens to protect JSON content, and avoiding wrapper hacks to protect unauthorised JSON delivery as they may fall foul of undiscovered browser bugs in the future.

Posted 11th April 2007 at 12:52 am

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