Browser Security and Exploitation

2.

Browser Architecture Fundamentals

2.1.

Core Browser Components

2.1.1.

User Interface Layer

2.1.1.1.

Address Bar Security Indicators

2.1.1.2.

2.1.1.3.

Navigation Controls

2.1.1.4.

Security Warning Systems

2.1.2.

2.1.2.1.

Component Coordination

2.1.2.2.

Navigation Event Handling

2.1.2.3.

Resource Management

2.1.3.

Rendering Engine

2.1.3.1.

2.1.3.2.

2.1.3.3.

2.1.3.4.

Paint and Composite Systems

2.1.4.

Networking Stack

2.1.4.1.

HTTP Protocol Implementation

2.1.4.2.

HTTPS and TLS Integration

2.1.4.3.

Cookie Management System

2.1.4.4.

Proxy and Cache Mechanisms

2.1.5.

JavaScript Engine

2.1.5.1.

Parser and Compiler

2.1.5.2.

Runtime Environment

2.1.5.3.

DOM Integration

2.1.5.4.

Memory Management

2.1.6.

2.1.6.1.

Widget Rendering

2.1.6.2.

Platform-Specific Integration

2.1.6.3.

Input Event Handling

2.1.7.

Data Storage Layer

2.1.7.1.

2.1.7.2.

2.1.7.3.

Session Storage

2.1.7.4.

2.1.7.5.

2.2.

Browser Process Models

2.2.1.

Single-Process Architecture

2.2.1.1.

Design Characteristics

2.2.1.2.

Performance Implications

2.2.1.3.

Security Limitations

2.2.2.

Multi-Process Architecture

2.2.2.1.

Process Separation Benefits

2.2.2.2.

Inter-Process Communication

2.2.2.3.

Resource Isolation

2.2.3.

Renderer Process Model

2.2.3.1.

Per-Tab Processes

2.2.3.2.

Renderer Process Restrictions

2.2.3.3.

Process Lifecycle Management

2.2.4.

Browser Process Responsibilities

2.2.4.1.

2.2.4.2.

2.2.4.3.

File System Access

2.2.4.4.

Process Coordination

2.2.5.

2.2.5.1.

Cross-Origin Process Separation

2.2.5.2.

Spectre Mitigation

2.2.5.3.

Performance Trade-offs

2.3.

Rendering Pipeline

2.3.1.

Document Parsing

2.3.1.1.

HTML Tokenization

2.3.1.2.

DOM Tree Construction

2.3.1.3.

CSS Parsing and CSSOM

2.3.2.

Render Tree Construction

2.3.2.1.

Style Calculation

2.3.2.2.

Layout Tree Generation

2.3.2.3.

Visual Formatting Model

2.3.3.

2.3.3.1.

Box Model Calculations

2.3.3.2.

Element Positioning

2.3.3.3.

Reflow Triggers

2.3.4.

2.3.4.1.

2.3.4.2.

2.3.4.3.

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