WebGoat/main/project/WebContent/lesson_plans/FailOpenAuthentication.html
rogan.dawes b0b94c4688 Miscellaneous bug fixes
divide by zero, inaccurate discount and totals, reflection of user input


git-svn-id: http://webgoat.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/webgoat@273 4033779f-a91e-0410-96ef-6bf7bf53c507
2008-01-14 14:02:11 +00:00

10 lines
681 B
HTML

<div align="Center">
<p><b>Lesson Plan Title:</b> How to Bypass Fail Open Authentication </p>
</div>
<p><b>Concept / Topic To Teach:</b> </p>
<!-- Start Instructions -->
This lesson presents the basics for understanding the "fail open" condition regarding authentication. The security term, &#8220;fail open&#8221; describes a behavior of a verification mechanism. This is when an error (i.e. unexpected exception) occurs during a verification method causing that method to evaluate to true. This is especially dangerous during login. <br>
<!-- Stop Instructions -->
<p><b>General Goal(s):</b> </p>
The user should be able to bypass the authentication check.