ViewState: Still Mis-understood

Posted by on April 22, 2013 · Comments Off on ViewState: Still Mis-understood
Filed under: Development, Security 

Here we are in 2013 and we are still having discussions about what ViewState is and how it works.  For you MVC guys and gals, you are probably even wondering who is still using it.  Although I do find it interesting that we have ViewState in Webforms but not in MVC even though MVC has ...

Hidden Treasures: Not So Hidden

Posted by on April 5, 2013 · Comments Off on Hidden Treasures: Not So Hidden
Filed under: Development, Security, Testing 

For years now, I have run into developers that believe that just because a request can’t be seen, it is not vulnerable to flaws.  Wait, what are we talking about here?   What do you mean by a request that can’t be seen?  There are a few different ways that the user would not see a ...