RE: sql injection: url or form based?

["Evans, Arian" <Arian.Evans () fishnetsecurity com>]

It is all the same.

SQL Injection occurs because an application takes a piece of data
from the user and concatenates it into a string to execute.

This could be a URL parameter, a form value, even a cookie. Yep,
some portals build queries off of the cookies to decide what to
show you off of where you've been (what cookies are set).

Anyway, the attack vector isn't that important. Spend some time
reading here:
www.owasp.org
www.webappsec.org
NGS and SPI Dynamics have SQL Injection whitepapers you should
read, and I think they are all linked off of the WASC site above.

If you want to learn from code, most developer portals like the
Code Project will have several articles geared towards your
language/database of choice.

-ae

> -----Original Message-----
> From: johnny Mnemonic [mailto:security4thefainthearted () hotmail com] 
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 12:07 AM
> To: pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: sql injection: url or form based? 
>
>
> I see many references to manipulation of SQL backend 
> databases through both 
> URL based and Forms based SQL injection but I'm wondering 
> what are the 
> essentials differences between both methods and when to use 
> one over the 
> other.
> Thanks.
>
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