In the modern browser world, there are two types of crashes: browser crashes and renderer crashes. In a browser crash, the entire browser window with all of its tabs simply vanishes, either on startup, or at some point afterward. The next time the browser starts, it should recognize that the last time it exited wasContinue reading “Troubleshooting Edge (or Chrome) Browser Crashes”
Tag Archives: Chrome
ServiceWorkers vs. Network Filtering
In a recent post, I explored how the design of network security features impact the tradeoffs of the system. In that post, I noted that integrating a URL check directly into the browser provides the security check with the best context, because it allows the client to see the full URL being checked and ifContinue reading “ServiceWorkers vs. Network Filtering”
Security Tradeoffs: Privacy
In a recent post, I explored some of the tradeoffs engineers must make when evaluating the security properties of a given design. In this post, we explore an interesting tradeoff between Security and Privacy in the analysis of web traffic. Many different security features and products attempt to protect web browsers from malicious sites byContinue reading “Security Tradeoffs: Privacy”
Web Weirdness: Probing Localhost
If you closely watch the Network tab in the Chromium Developer Tools when you try to log into Fidelity Investments, you might notice something that looks a bit weird. JavaScript on the page attempts to create WebSocket connections to a bunch of local ports on the IPv4 localhost address (127.0.0.1): So, what are those portsContinue reading “Web Weirdness: Probing Localhost”
Browser SSO / Automatic Signin
Last Update: 8 March 2024 Over the years, I’ve written a bunch about authentication in browsers, and today I aim to shed some light on another authentication feature that is not super-well understood: Browser SSO. Recently, a user expressed surprise that after using the browser’s “Clear browsing data” option to delete everything, when they revisitedContinue reading “Browser SSO / Automatic Signin”
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