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I have a instant messaging app and i need to mask the URL
parameters that uniquely identify the message (autonumber in access
db) so that a user cant change the parameter number in the browser
click refresh and delete a different message#
How can i mask the msdID=<number> from showing in the browser to prevent a user from deleting or saving someone elses messages? I know it can be done
to see the example got to: http://gohbcc.com/CallCenter/EMPLOYEEMessagesVIEW.asp and enter USERNAME: admin PASSWORD: 1234
any option would be great
MikeL7
How can i mask the msdID=<number> from showing in the browser to prevent a user from deleting or saving someone elses messages? I know it can be done
to see the example got to: http://gohbcc.com/CallCenter/EMPLOYEEMessagesVIEW.asp and enter USERNAME: admin PASSWORD: 1234
any option would be great
MikeL7
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Your message helped, i put the code to create the variable
just before the repeating region table and then made form buttons
that post the variable and labeled the buttons and it works
perfect. THANKS
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Use the post method instead of get.
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Your message helped, i put the code to create the variable
just before the repeating region table and then made form buttons
that post the variable and labeled the buttons and it works
perfect. THANKS
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> How can i mask the msdID=<number> from showing in
the browser to prevent a
> user from deleting or saving someone elses messages?
This would be security through obscurity which is a bad idea.
Don't worry about masking the message. Instead, check the permissions of the
message on the server before returning it to the browser.
If you can't/don't want to do that, at the very least you could use server
sessions to pass the info instead rather than querystrings.
-Darrel
> user from deleting or saving someone elses messages?
This would be security through obscurity which is a bad idea.
Don't worry about masking the message. Instead, check the permissions of the
message on the server before returning it to the browser.
If you can't/don't want to do that, at the very least you could use server
sessions to pass the info instead rather than querystrings.
-Darrel
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