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OWASP Rochester

Welcome to the Rochester chapter homepage. The chapter leader is Ralf Durkee

Participation

OWASP Foundation (Overview Slides) is a professional association of global members and is open to anyone interested in learning more about software security. Local chapters are run independently and guided by the Chapter_Leader_Handbook. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional association your support and sponsorship of any meeting venue and/or refreshments is tax-deductible. Financial contributions should only be made online using the authorized online chapter donation button. To be a SPEAKER at ANY OWASP Chapter in the world simply review the speaker agreement and then contact the local chapter leader with details of what OWASP PROJECT, independent research or related software security topic you would like to present on.

Sponsorship/Membership

to this chapter or become a local chapter supporter. Or consider the value of Individual, Corporate, or Academic Supporter membership. Ready to become a member?

Local Officers

• President: Ralf Durkee
• Vice President: Chris Karr
• Secretary: Steve Buck
• Web and Communications: Michael Starks

Local News

Meetings are held the third Monday of every month. Our October meeting will be on Monday, October 16. The meeting location is Bryant and Stratton college, Jefferson Rd, near I-390. Google Map

October Meeting

Presentation: The first of the OWASP top ten: unvalidated input, by Steve Buck.

At this meeting we will be discussing the first of the OWASP top ten list: unvalidated input. We will discuss the problems posed by not validating input on the server side. These problems include: forced browsing, command insertion, cross site scripting, buffer overflows, bypassing site security, format string attacks, SQL injection, cookie poisoning, and hidden field manipulation.

We will cover how to determine if you are vulnerable to one of these attacks, and also how to protect yourself. We will also have a demo of some of these exploits in action. Finally, we will have an open discussion with any questions about the subject matter.

Biography

Steve Buck is a consultant for Mindex Technologies. He has been working with various web technologies since 1996, involving everything from Perl and C CGIs to J2EE.

Steve has experience as a UNIX system administrator instructor with a specialty in system security.