request.form – Tarik Billa

Why is ValidateInput(False) not working?

September 14, 2023 by Tarik

With asp.net 4, you’ll need to configure the validation mode in the web.config as well. Set the following as a child of the <system.web> element: <system.Web> … <httpRuntime requestValidationMode=”2.0″/> Asp.Net 4 sets the requestValidationMode to 4.0 by default, which tells the system to perform request validation before the BeginRequst phase of the HTTP request. The … Read more

A potentially dangerous Request.Form value was detected from the client

August 28, 2022 by Tarik

I think you are attacking it from the wrong angle by trying to encode all posted data. Note that a “<” could also come from other outside sources, like a database field, a configuration, a file, a feed and so on. Furthermore, “<” is not inherently dangerous. It’s only dangerous in a specific context: when … Read more