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February 2008 - Posts

Security tips for file uploading

For file upload in your application, one important thing that you must consider is security, as improper design and configuration will make your application vulnerable to attacks.

Here are a few security tips that may be useful to you.

• File Size – Have some limit in uploaded file sizes
• Always Check content type & and also check against list of allowed file types
• Never store files with user supplied files names. Always generate a unique file name, by appending Unique, non guessable ID’s, timestamps, random numbers etc.
• Make sure anti virus (with up to date signatures) is installed and enabled for monitoring of incoming & outgoing files
• As industry practice uploaded foldern files should not be a part of your source directory
• Access to uploaded file share should be given on need to know basis

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