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Re: Protecting posted variables

Subject: Re: Protecting posted variables
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:27:22 -0400
On 21 Jul 2006 05:31:01 -0000, billy.sailing@gmail.com
<billy.sailing@gmail.com> wrote:
Outside of encrypting in SSL, how can variables being posted from the browser back to the server be protected from prying eyes?

Hello,

As stated by many others, there is not much you can do about user
entered data fields.  However, if you want to do something about
securing and/or tamper-proofing hidden form fields and various forms
of session and state sent to the client, then check out
isecauditors.com and their paper (Advanced Web Application Defense
with ModSecurity) on adding crypto and signing features to
mod_security for apache httpd.  This looks to be a promising new
addition to mod_security...

http://www.isecauditors.com/eng/des-presentaciones.html

later,
-B

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