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Presentation on Web App Security (ACM Student Chapter)

I am a member of the local ACM student chapter in my university and as part of our activities I am scheduled to give a talk on current issues on Web Application Security (and possibly secure coding ...
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I am still logged in using a browser X, can CSRF attack work when I use another (default) browser Y on the same machine?

I am still logged in using a browser X, can CSRF attack work when I use another (default) browser Y on the same machine? Edit Assume the web server has CSRF vulnerability. No hidden token checking ...
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When the use of a AntiForgeryToken is not required /needed?

I'm running a rather large site with thousands of visits every day, and a rather large userbase. Since I started migrating to MVC 3, I've been putting the AntiForgeryToken in a number of forms, that ...
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Should CSRF 'Double Submit Cookie' technique have a different seed value for the cookie versus the HTTP POST?

I'm reading about the OWASP double submit cookies method of protection and there it states that the cookie value between the header and form should match. That seems to be somewhat of a risk, as the ...
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How to prevent CSRF if you want to include Flash plugins in your form like Uploadify in your form?

What is CSRF? I need a basic definition that is not just lifted from Wikipedia. I understand SQL injection, XSS, cookie poisoning, but I just cannot wrap my mind around this. I am using a ...
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What is the correct way to implement anti-CSRF form tokens?

I am fully aware of CSRF and have already implemented some safe forms, but I have never been happy with the results yet. I've created tokens as a md5 of username, form info and a salt and stored it ...