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+ +Sincerely, + +rambocoder + + + +On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Loïc Hoguin <<A HREF="https://lists.ninenines.eu/listinfo/extend">essen at ninenines.eu</A>> wrote: + +><i> Why not just put the token in the URL instead? if it's CSRF then it's +</I>><i> probably used only once and only for POST and the like, so not cached or +</I>><i> anything. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> On 04/15/2013 10:45 PM, rambocoder wrote: +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> Hello group, +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I am trying to put together a CSRF middleware +</I>>><i> <A HREF="https://github.com/rambocoder/**stable/commit/**">https://github.com/rambocoder/**stable/commit/**</A> +</I>>><i> b26980d292ac42aadfe9921a961436**e28cdbb693<<A HREF="https://github.com/rambocoder/stable/commit/b26980d292ac42aadfe9921a961436e28cdbb693">https://github.com/rambocoder/stable/commit/b26980d292ac42aadfe9921a961436e28cdbb693</A>>and +</I>>><i> if the body of the request contains "_csrf" token, I check to make sure +</I>>><i> it matches the csrf token in the session. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Currently I am doing it in middleware using cowboy_req:body_qs/1 however +</I>>><i> when in the handler I need to read another body parameter, such as in +</I>>><i> the rest_pastebin example: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> {ok, BodyQs, Req3} = cowboy_req:body_qs(Req), +</I>>><i> Paste = proplists:get_value(<<"paste">**>, BodyQs), +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> cowboy_req:body_qs/1 returns [] due to the body of the request being +</I>>><i> already read {body_state,done} +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Is it pointless to have the type of CSRF middleware that I am writing +</I>>><i> and just do the CSRF in the handler's callback, where I can deal with +</I>>><i> all the body_qs at once? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Thank you, +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> rambocoder +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> ______________________________**_________________ +</I>>><i> Extend mailing list +</I>>><i> <A HREF="https://lists.ninenines.eu/listinfo/extend">Extend at lists.ninenines.eu</A> +</I>>><i> <A HREF="http://lists.ninenines.eu:81/**listinfo/extend<http://lists.ninenines.eu:81/listinfo/extend">http://lists.ninenines.eu:81/**listinfo/extend<http://lists.ninenines.eu:81/listinfo/extend</A>> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> Loďc Hoguin +</I>><i> Erlang Cowboy +</I>><i> Nine Nines +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://ninenines.eu">http://ninenines.eu</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: <<A HREF="http://lists.ninenines.eu/archives/extend/attachments/20130415/59aaeef2/attachment.html">http://lists.ninenines.eu/archives/extend/attachments/20130415/59aaeef2/attachment.html</A>> +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000109.html">[99s-extend] Reading body_qs multiple times +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000111.html">[99s-extend] Reading body_qs multiple times +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#110">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#110">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#110">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#110">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://lists.ninenines.eu/listinfo/extend">More information about the Extend +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |