Re: Encrypting parameters

2010-06-03 Thread satyanarayana katta
WASP and download the different security scanners and scan for the security loop holes. Best Regards Vishnu NV -Original Message- From: Rahul Mohan [mailto:rahul.mo...@tcs.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:44 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Encrypting parameters Hi,

Re: Encrypting parameters

2010-06-03 Thread Paweł Wielgus
r is that it can't be viewed by the >>> user >>> >> in the url. But a attacker can still edit the header and attack the >>> >> application without much trouble. >>> >> >>> >> To improve security you can validate the parameter proper

Re: Encrypting parameters

2010-06-03 Thread Oscar
y the >> user >> >> in the url. But a attacker can still edit the header and attack the >> >> application without much trouble. >> >> >> >> To improve security you can validate the parameter properly where you >> >> receive the parameter

Re: Encrypting parameters

2010-06-03 Thread Stephane Cosmeur
ly where you > >> receive the parameter. For example number only or does not contains > invalid > >> characters in string for eg, <,>,_ ,/, etc like that. > >> > >> Another good thing will be to implement SSL. > >> > >> Now you can also go to OWASP

Re: Encrypting parameters

2010-06-03 Thread Paweł Wielgus
gt; >> Best Regards >> Vishnu NV >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Rahul Mohan [mailto:rahul.mo...@tcs.com] >> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:44 AM >> To: Struts Users Mailing List >> Subject: Re: Encrypting parameters >> >> Hi, >> >

Re: Encrypting parameters

2010-06-03 Thread Stephane Cosmeur
gt; From: Rahul Mohan [mailto:rahul.mo...@tcs.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:44 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Encrypting parameters > > Hi, > > I don't think its a good idea to expose the URLs to the users in a secure > application. Avoid GET

RE: Encrypting parameters

2010-06-02 Thread Vishnu Vyasan Nelliparmbil
---Original Message- From: Rahul Mohan [mailto:rahul.mo...@tcs.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:44 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Encrypting parameters Hi, I don't think its a good idea to expose the URLs to the users in a secure application. Avoid GET requests and sti

Re: Encrypting parameters

2010-06-02 Thread Rahul Mohan
Hi, I don't think its a good idea to expose the URLs to the users in a secure application. Avoid GET requests and stick to POST. Also, sticking to request forwarding instead of redirects will keep the URL fixed on the browser's address bar. You might have some issues with back button because o

Re: Encrypting parameters

2010-06-02 Thread Dale Newfield
On 6/2/10 11:22 PM, Stephane Cosmeur wrote: I would like to improve the security of my web application. My problem is I would like to encrypt the visible parameters in the URL to prevent user to change it to access data he should not see. No amount of obfuscation can prevent someone from eventu