OWASP ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate Project - Revision history

RehanSaeed at 10:59, 17 April 2016

2016-04-17T10:59:09Z

RehanSaeed at 10:50, 17 April 2016

2016-04-17T10:50:56Z

RehanSaeed at 10:49, 17 April 2016

2016-04-17T10:49:47Z

RehanSaeed at 11:44, 2 July 2015

2015-07-02T11:44:11Z

RehanSaeed at 11:42, 2 July 2015

2015-07-02T11:42:31Z

RehanSaeed at 11:41, 2 July 2015

2015-07-02T11:41:03Z

RehanSaeed at 17:15, 16 June 2015

2015-06-16T17:15:30Z

RehanSaeed at 15:01, 28 April 2015

2015-04-28T15:01:22Z

RehanSaeed: Updated images

2015-04-28T14:50:11Z

Updated images

RehanSaeed: First Draft

2015-04-28T14:45:02Z

First Draft

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 # [http://rehansaeed.com/nwebsec-asp-net-mvc-security-through-http-headers/ X-Download-Options]
 # [http://rehansaeed.com/nwebsec-asp-net-mvc-security-through-http-headers/ X-Frame-Options]
 ===Detailed Comments===

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 ==Description==
 A professional ASP.NET MVC template for building secure, fast, robust and adaptable web applications or sites. It provides the minimum amount of code required on top of the default MVC template provided by Microsoft to provide security by default.
-[[File:MVC_6_Preview_Image.png|650px|center]]
+[[File:Preview_Image.png|650px|center]]
 ===Better Defaults===

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 ==Description==
 A professional ASP.NET MVC template for building secure, fast, robust and adaptable web applications or sites. It provides the minimum amount of code required on top of the default MVC template provided by Microsoft to provide security by default.
-[[File:Preview_Image.png|650px|center]]
+[[File:MVC_6_Preview_Image.png|650px|center]]
 ===Better Defaults===

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 # [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/CSP/Introducing_Content_Security_Policy Content Security Policy (CSP)].
-# [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/HTTP_strict_transport_security Strict-Transport-Security]
+# [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/HTTP_strict_transport_security Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS)]
-# [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Public_Key_Pinning Public-Key-Pins]
+# [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Public_Key_Pinning Public-Key-Pins (HPKP)]
 # [http://rehansaeed.com/nwebsec-asp-net-mvc-security-through-http-headers/ X-Content-Type-Options]
 # [http://rehansaeed.com/nwebsec-asp-net-mvc-security-through-http-headers/ X-Download-Options]

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	ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate provides detailed comments and links to official documentation explaining all of the security features.		ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate provides detailed comments and links to official documentation explaining all of the security features.
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		+	===Security Check-List===
		+
		+	ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate provides a check-list of steps the developer needs to take to secure the site.

	===Fingerprint Resistant===		===Fingerprint Resistant===

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 [[File:Preview_Image.png|650px|center]]
-The default MVC template is not as secure as it could be. There are various settings (Mostly in the web.config file) which are insecure by default. For example, it leaks information about which version of IIS you are using and allows external scripts to access cookies by default!
+===Better Defaults===
-ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate makes everything secure by default but goes further and uses various HTTP headers which are sent to the browser to restrict things further.
+The default MVC template provided by Microsoft is not as secure as it could be. There are various settings (Mostly in the web.config file) which are insecure by default. For example, it leaks information about which version of IIS you are using and allows external scripts to access cookies by default! ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate makes everything secure by default.
-It also makes use of the new [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/CSP/Introducing_Content_Security_Policy Content Security Policy (CSP)] HTTP Header using the [https://nwebsec.codeplex.com/ NWebSec] NuGet packages. CSP revolutionizes web security and I highly recommend reading the above link.
+===TLS and HTTPS===
-Setting up SSL/TLS, so that your site runs over HTTPS is made easy with easy step by step instructions and links.
+Setting up TLS, so that your site runs over HTTPS is very difficult in ASP.NET MVC as it requires several steps to do it correctly. ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate makes this easy with step by step instructions and links.
 ==Licensing==
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the [https://github.com/RehanSaeed/ASP.NET-MVC-Boilerplate/blob/master/LICENSE GNU Affero General Public License 2.0] as published by the Free Software Foundation 2015.

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 </li>
 <li>
-[http://rehansaeed.co.uk/asp-net-mvc-boilerplate/ My RehanSaeed.co.uk] blog where I post articles detailing features of the project. The project template itself links to many of the articles so that developers can get detailed information if they need it.
+[http://rehansaeed.com/asp-net-mvc-boilerplate/ My RehanSaeed.com] blog where I post articles detailing features of the project. The project template itself links to many of the articles so that developers can get detailed information if they need it.
 </li>
 </ul>
 == Project Leader ==
-[http://rehansaeed.co.uk Muhammad Rehan Saeed]
+[http://rehansaeed.com Muhammad Rehan Saeed]
 ==Classifications==
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 == News and Events ==
-Read all of the blog articles about this project [http://rehansaeed.co.uk/asp-net-mvc-boilerplate/ here].
+Read all of the blog articles about this project [http://rehansaeed.com/asp-net-mvc-boilerplate/ here].
 ==Roadmap==

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 ==ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate Project==
 The default ASP.NET MVC project template uses insecure defaults and omits many security features altogether. ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate is a Visual Studio project template that enables security features by default and adds liberal comments and links to further resources to help developers (Who often do not have a lot of knowledge on the subject) get started.
-https://github.com/RehanSaeed/ASP.NET-MVC-Boilerplate/raw/master/Images/New%20Project.png
+[[File:New_Project.png|center]]
 ==Description==
 A professional ASP.NET MVC template for building secure, fast, robust and adaptable web applications or sites. It provides the minimum amount of code required on top of the default MVC template provided by Microsoft to provide security by default.
-https://github.com/RehanSaeed/ASP.NET-MVC-Boilerplate/raw/master/Images/Preview%20Image.png
+[[File:Preview_Image.png|650px|center]]
 ==Licensing==

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 <div style="width:100%;height:160px;border:0,margin:0;overflow: hidden;">[[File:OWASP_Project_Header.jpg|link=]]</div>
-{| style="padding: 0;margin:0;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;" |-
+==ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate Project==
-| valign="top"  style="border-right: 1px dotted gray;padding-right:25px;" |
+The default ASP.NET MVC project template uses insecure defaults and omits many security features altogether. ASP.NET MVC Boilerplate is a Visual Studio project template that enables security features by default and adds liberal comments and links to further resources to help developers (Who often do not have a lot of knowledge on the subject) get started.
+https://github.com/RehanSaeed/ASP.NET-MVC-Boilerplate/raw/master/Images/New%20Project.png
 ==Description==
 A professional ASP.NET MVC template for building secure, fast, robust and adaptable web applications or sites. It provides the minimum amount of code required on top of the default MVC template provided by Microsoft to provide security by default.
 ==Licensing==
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the [https://github.com/RehanSaeed/ASP.NET-MVC-Boilerplate/blob/master/LICENSE GNU Affero General Public License 2.0] as published by the Free Software Foundation 2015.
 == Project Resources ==
-<span style="color:#ff0000">
+<ul>
-	This is where you can link to the key locations for project files, including setup programs, the source code repository, online documentation, a Wiki Home Page, threaded discussions about the project, and Issue Tracking system, etc.
+<li>
-</span>
+[https://github.com/RehanSaeed/ASP.NET-MVC-Boilerplate GitHub Project Home Page] where you can view source code, log issues and view the change log.
+</li>
+<li>
 == Project Leader ==
+[http://rehansaeed.co.uk Muhammad Rehan Saeed]
 ==Classifications==
 [[File:Project_Type_Files_CODE.jpg|link=]]
-   {| width="200" cellpadding="2"
+[[File:Owasp-incubator-trans-85.png|link=https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Project_Stages#tab=Incubator_Projects|Incubator Project]]
-   |-
+[[File:Owasp-builders-small.png|link=Builders]]
-   | colspan="2" align="center"  | [[File:Project_Type_Files_CODE.jpg|link=]]
+[[File:Agplv3-155x51.png|link=http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html|Affero General Public License 3.0]]
 == News and Events ==
-<span style="color:#ff0000">
+Read all of the blog articles about this project [http://rehansaeed.co.uk/asp-net-mvc-boilerplate/ here].
 ==Roadmap==
+As ASP.NET MVC evolves and many of the JavaScript libraries release new updates, this project template needs constant updates. It is intended that this project template remain as current as possible. I would like to add more security features to the site template and add more documentation and helper comments.
 ==Getting Involved==
+All are welcome to get involved. Simply visit the GitHub site and raise a pull request for your code.
 =Minimum Viable Product=
+A Visual Studio Project Template which you can download [https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/6cf50a48-fc1e-4eaf-9e82-0b2a6705ca7d here]
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