COMP6843 Extended Web Application Security and Testing (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.5/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
COMP6843 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Computer Science and Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 扩展Web应用安全与测试
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Postgraduate Level 6
Handbook year: 2026
Web applications are currently the predominant source of software vulnerabilities exploited in in online attacks. There is a growing need and growing demand for web programmers to be security aware.
COMP6843 has 3 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.5/5).
On Reddit: "Hey, I'm one of the lecturers of 6447 and I've done 6843. COMP6447 covers 3 main topics, these are; binary exploitation, reverse engineering, source code auditing. COMP6\[48\]43 covers n topics related to testing web applications, including techniques such as; SQLi, xss, csrf, s…"
On Reddit: "hardest: comp9242 (aos, took it with 2 other courses and basically didn't sleep well for the entire term) comp3222 (it required a different perspective into programming and every lab felt pretty challenging and required to understand the lecture content. somehow everything made …"
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Q: Is COMP6843 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: overall 3.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP6843, and when is it offered?
A: COMP6843 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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