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Re: GET and POST Methods Accepted


From: John GALLET <john.gallet () wanadoo fr>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:40:18 +0200 (CEST)

Hi there,

Do any of you test for this issue - what are your results?

It is so easy (check curl lib for example if you want to send post data in
automated scripts) to provide your application with the data the way you
want it, be it GET, POST, COOKIE, that it's not even worth bothering
checking how it came in.

Test the contents of your data, not the way the vars were transmitted.
 
Same goes for anything provided by the client such as referrer for 
example.

HTH
JG

PS : French speakers might be interested in 
www.saphirtech.com/securite.html about what's totally useless in terms of 
security considering how easy to spoof.



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