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Web app error messages.
From: "Lee Lawson" <leejlawson () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:17:25 +0100
Hi all, I have recently conducted a web application penetration test for a client and I am a little stuck as to the resolution advice I need to give. I have highlighted, among other things, the enumeration of 'hidden' directories within the app. This is normally conducted by finding Access Denied or Forbidden messages, but I have come across the following message: "Virtual Directory Listing Denied." That is all that is displayed on the page! They are using asp and IIS. What I need to know is: what exactly is creating the error message? IIS? ASP? etc. How to create a bespoke error message or preferably redirect the user to the home page? Thanks in advance. -- Lee J Lawson leejlawson () gmail com leejlawson () hushmail com "Give a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day; set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Need to secure your web apps? Cenzic Hailstorm finds vulnerabilities fast. Click the link to buy it, try it or download Hailstorm for FREE. http://www.cenzic.com/products_services/download_hailstorm.php?camp=701600000008bOW ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Web app error messages. Lee Lawson (Oct 26)
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- RE: Web app error messages. Hagen, Eric (Oct 26)