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What Does a Browser Do?

Explore the core functions of a web browser, including DNS resolution, HTTP communication, and content rendering. Understand these processes to grasp potential security risks and improve your web application’s security posture by recognizing how data is requested, exchanged, and displayed.

Long story short, a browser’s job consists of:

  • DNS resolution
  • HTTP exchange
  • Rendering
  • Rinse and repeat

DNS resolution

DNS resolution makes ...