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RE: ASP security in HTML pages
From: "Steve McCullough" <website () showmethesmut com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:29:46 -0300
Hi all, I'd like to point out that there have been plenty of ways to get IIS to reveal ASP source code. Some examples: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2909/info/ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-004.mspx http://www.netscreen.com/services/security/di_resource_center/threat_definit ions.jsp?id=91 As _Hacking Web Applications Exposed_ puts it: "With the track record that IIS has had in the source disclosure department, it's never a good idea to assume that someone won't be able to view your source code" (55). It's sometimes suggested that scripters wrap database connection strings, encryption keys, and other sensitive information in COM objects to keep them private. Are there alternatives? What sorts of strategies do people use to keep their script contents confidential? Steve ----- Steve McCullough Web designer
www.venusenvy.ca www.showmethesmut.com
-----Original Message----- From: Harrison Gladden [mailto:linuxguru80 () yahoo com] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 6:51 PM To: Binoni_MARTIN Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com; webappsec () securityfocus com Subject: RE: ASP security in HTML pages The replies still stand. The only way the unprocessed asp page will make it to the client is if there is a "fatal" flaw/misconfiguration of the IIS server. Otherwise all request for the file via the http web server will be processed by the asp dll engine. However if you request the file via ftp or something of the sort then yes you will get the unprocesses code back from the server. ~Harrison --- Binoni_MARTIN <Benoni.MARTIN () libertis ga> wrote:
Well, it seems I have not been very shape in my last posting. I know ASP code is executed on the server's side, and not in the client's browser (it will just receive the results of the scriting). But if a client requests "toto.asp", despite of if it will receive the "toto.asp" WITHOUT the ASP scripts, the server has a "full toto.asp" WITH the asp scripts. So my question was: as the server has in his directory this "full toto.asp", is there a way to get the "full toto.asp" from the server?
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- ASP security in HTML pages Bénoni MARTIN (Jun 22)
- Re: ASP security in HTML pages Lucas Holt (Jun 23)
- Re: ASP security in HTML pages Nasir Ghaznavi (Jun 23)
- Re: ASP security in HTML pages Mike (Jun 23)
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- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Wolf, Yonah (Jun 23)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Scovetta, Michael V (Jun 23)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Auri Rahimzadeh (Jun 25)
- Re: ASP security in HTML pages Matt Fisher (Jun 25)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Auri Rahimzadeh (Jun 25)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Bénoni MARTIN (Jun 24)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Harrison Gladden (Jun 25)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Steve McCullough (Jun 25)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Dinis Cruz (Jun 29)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Harrison Gladden (Jun 25)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Scovetta, Michael V (Jun 28)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Calderon, Juan Carlos (GE Commercial Finance, NonGE) (Jun 28)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Calderon, Juan Carlos (GE Commercial Finance, NonGE) (Jun 28)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Calderon, Juan Carlos (GE Commercial Finance, NonGE) (Jun 29)
- RE: ASP security in HTML pages Dinis Cruz (Jun 28)