OWASP Java Encoder Project

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Project Summary

Contextual Output Encoding is a computer programming technique necessary to stop Cross Site Scripting. This project is a Java 1.5+ simple-to-use drop-in high-performance encoder class with no dependencies and little baggage. It provides numerous encoding functions to help defend against XSS in a variety of different HTML, JavaScript, XML and CSS contexts.

In a Nutshell, OWASP Java Encoder Project...

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has had 118 commits made by 15 contributors
representing 8,097 lines of code
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is mostly written in Java
with a very well-commented source code
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a small development team
with decreasing Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 2 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in March, 2015
ending with its most recent commit 2 months ago

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Managers:

Jim Manico

Project Security

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