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Generating Malicious Errors
uMalicious
users may actively try to generate errors.
ØEnter
exceptionally long values.
ØEnter
wrong data types in fields.
ØEnter
special characters and keywords
uIncorrect
Prevention: Place limitation on the fields in the actual page.
ØAssumes
that people using the system will play by the rules.
ØAssume that a browser will be used to communicate
between user and server.
ØCertain
utilities can be used to generate requests that would otherwise be impossible for the browser to generate.
