The Security of a Chrome Extension

by N3rdyGrl on October 26, 2010

Adam Barth, who is working on the extensions system for Google Chrome, discusses how the extension system makes it easier for developers to create secure extensions. Google Chrome’s extension security architecture is based on two principles called least privilege and privilege separation, which Adam explains in detail. Both of these principles limit the amount of privileges an attacker has access to if they are able to find a vulnerability in an existing extension. If you are a Chrome Extension Developer, this is a must read.



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{ 8 comments }

theAntilli October 25, 2010 at 9:17 am

@darthirakli In what way? Obviously the set of options is small under ‘settings’- But then, WebKit and Chromium are OpenSource, so i would have thought one can do what one wants..

AestheticFlavor October 25, 2010 at 9:20 am

@darthirakli: Ahhh, but see, that’s what makes a browser, slower. The less add-ons/extensions, the better. I just downloaded Google Chrome, today. And I must say, it is a bit faster than Mozilla’s Firefox; even while downloading files.

cakelover33 October 25, 2010 at 10:11 am

@darthirakli it has just as much as any other browsers. except toolbars. but i dont like them on my browser. u can put themes extensions just liek firefox.

darthirakli October 25, 2010 at 10:29 am

I was a bit dissapointed by Google Chrome browser. Yes, it is fast and secure. However, I like tweaking things, but Google Chrome has only limited set of options.

RandomDoomsday15 October 25, 2010 at 11:13 am

just switched from fire fox. i like chrome so far.

hitman7112 October 25, 2010 at 11:30 am

Google is the best!

edazq October 25, 2010 at 11:51 am

Google once again proves its genius!

eran230 October 25, 2010 at 12:32 pm

fake

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