How to make your API secure.
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Building an API is one thing, and securing it is another.
If your API is vulnerable, the user's sensitive information will be at risk.
Hence, it's crucial to deliver a secure API.
If your API is vulnerable, the user's sensitive information will be at risk.
Hence, it's crucial to deliver a secure API.
If your API is not secure, the attackers can quickly access your network by exploiting vulnerabilities in your APIs.
Before deep-diving into making your API secure, let's first discuss what are some common attacks. ๐๐ป
Before deep-diving into making your API secure, let's first discuss what are some common attacks. ๐๐ป
๐ Code injection
As the term suggests, attackers inject code into a vulnerable computer program and change the course of execution.
As the term suggests, attackers inject code into a vulnerable computer program and change the course of execution.
๐ Cross-site scripting
In this security vulnerability, the attacker compromises the user's interaction by injecting malicious client-side code.
In this security vulnerability, the attacker compromises the user's interaction by injecting malicious client-side code.
๐ Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
The attacker sends the excessive requests to API, making an API unavailable or down due to extreme traffic.
The attacker sends the excessive requests to API, making an API unavailable or down due to extreme traffic.
๐ Man-in-the-middle
The term is pretty intuitive. An attacker sits between the two communication end to exploit data and perform malicious activities.
The term is pretty intuitive. An attacker sits between the two communication end to exploit data and perform malicious activities.
๐น API Securing Methods
There are various ways to make your APIs secure from external attacks.
Let's discuss them. ๐๐ป
There are various ways to make your APIs secure from external attacks.
Let's discuss them. ๐๐ป
1๏ธโฃ Adequate Privilege
Any user or application accessing your API should only be provided a sufficient amount of access to perform their actions.
Any user or application accessing your API should only be provided a sufficient amount of access to perform their actions.
2๏ธโฃ Authentication And Authorization
A standard way to authenticate and authorize users add extra security.
It will help if you use the OAuth2.0 standard to ensure only authorized users access the data.
A standard way to authenticate and authorize users add extra security.
It will help if you use the OAuth2.0 standard to ensure only authorized users access the data.
3๏ธโฃ Rating Limiting
The DDoS attack can bring down your API and, with it, crashes every application that relies on your API.
To prevent this, you can implement rate-limiting by setting a threshold.
For example, 100 requests per second per account.
The DDoS attack can bring down your API and, with it, crashes every application that relies on your API.
To prevent this, you can implement rate-limiting by setting a threshold.
For example, 100 requests per second per account.
4๏ธโฃ Validate Input
Always validate the input that the user is sending to access the data.
The attackers can send malicious code to the server that can crash it.
Hence validating input is a must.
Always validate the input that the user is sending to access the data.
The attackers can send malicious code to the server that can crash it.
Hence validating input is a must.
5๏ธโฃ Firewall
Implement a web application firewall that understands API payloads.
Implement a web application firewall that understands API payloads.
With that being said, this is the end of this thread.
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