CSRFence is simple library for ASP.NET WebForms, offering protection from CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) attacks. ASP.NET Web Forms are in newer versions protected by default, but the protection requires WiewState to be enabled.
There are some other solutions, but they're usually unnecesarilly complex to install and configure or are dependent on ViewState or SessionState to store values or generate session identifiers.
Use NuGet Package manager and install the Altairis.CsrFence package trough GUI or trough the Package Manager Console using the following command:
Install-Package Altairis.CsrFence
In most cases, no configuration is necessary. CSRFence uses sensible defaults that you would probably never need to modify. But, there are several options to configure, if you would really want to. The following is default configuration:
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="altairis.csrFence" type="Altairis.CsrFence.Configuration.CsrFenceSection, Altairis.CsrFence"/>
</configSections>
<altairis.csrFence>
<sessionId length="64" cookieName=".CSRFENCE" />
<token fieldName="__CSRFTOKEN" purposeString="Altairis.CsrFence.ProtectionModule.Token"/>
</altairis.csrFence>
</configuration>sessionId- options for generating random session IDlength- length of ID in bytes, defaults to 64 B (512 bits)cookieName- name of the session ID cookie, defauls to.CSRFENCE
token- options for the hidden field tokenfieldName- hidden field name, defaults to__CSRFTOKENpurposeString- key derivation string used byMachineKey.Protectmethod
This library uses Synchronizer Token Pattern for protection against CSRF attacks. On first request, the user is issued random value (it's kind of session ID, but different from SesstionID used by SessionState and independent on it). This value is stored in cookie.
Each subsequent POST request contains hidden field, whose value is cryptographically derived from the session ID using the same methods how ViewState, ControlState and authentication tokens are protected. If the value is missing or invalid, CSRFence throws the HttpRequestValidationException.
- CSRFence requires .NET Framework 4.5 and higher.
- Only ASP.NET Web Forms are protected. The module does not work for ASP.NET MVC or Web Pages, there are other ways for those.
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