Programmatic POST Requests with JavaScript: Automated Form Submissions

In the first part of this article series, Alejandro Gervasio explained how the XMLHttpRequest object and be used to generate massive GET requests to a targeted server, in order to launch denial of service attacks. In this article, he shows how http POST requests, commonly used on Web forms to collect user data, can be automated, again leaving your system vulnerable to attack. With the information you learn from this series, you should be able to build more robust and safer Web applications, making your system less of a target.


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