WebAuthn uses an authenticator which can be the user machine or a mobile phone or a key generator such as Yubikey on any site that supports the standard. It offers several advantages over the existing system which includes protection against phishing attacks, offers privacy, and reduced data breaches. It also prevents the attackers from replaying the request successfully thus eliminating man-in…
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What is Service worker? Service Worker acts as a network proxy that runs on a separate thread other than main UI thread. It is a good place to handle the cache using CacheStorage API, Web push notification, offline fallback pages etc. It is very powerful that it could run behind the scene even if the main tab / browser is closed or idle. Service worker as proxy Service Worker Lifecycle: Service…
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Web browsers have evolved a lot over the decade and so is browser-based storage facilities. In the Modern web, users don’t need to be online to interact with a web app, there are offline supported applications that leverage browsers storage mechanisms such as Cookies, Session Storage, and Local Storage. Web developers are attracted towards these storages to store data thinking that it is…
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