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Microsoft ASP.NET workaround

In a move to block possible attacks by exploiting a publicly disclosed ASP.NET vulnerability known to the ViewState object. Microsoft published what they are calling a workaround to the “Padding Oracle” attack. The workaround offered by Microsoft will rely on implementing customErrors feature to return a custom error page for all error types.

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Sep 21, 2010
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In a move to block possible attacks by exploiting a publicly disclosed ASP.NET vulnerability known to the ViewState object. Microsoft published what they are calling a workaround to the “Padding Oracle” attack. The workaround offered by Microsoft will rely on implementing customErrors feature to return a custom error page for all error types.

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