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It might be more useful to consider why you are thinking of turning it off?<br />
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Here is some additional info <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9531363/is-it-a-security-risk-setting-enableeventvalidation-false-in-this-situation" rel="ugc">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9531363/is-it-a-security-risk-setting-enableeventvalidation-false-in-this-situation</a><br />
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<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/archive/2004/08/18/216861.aspx" rel="ugc">http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/archive/2004/08/18/216861.aspx</a>
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It might be more useful to consider why you are thinking of turning it off?

Here is some additional info http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9531363/is-it-a-security-risk-setting-enableeventvalidation-false-in-this-situation [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9531363/is-it-a-security-risk-setting-enableeventvalidation-false-in-this-situation]

http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/archive/2004/08/18/216861.aspx [http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/archive/2004/08/18/216861.aspx]

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Thanks all. I was handling the doPostBack function manually via javascript but could not allocate a value to the eventArgument of the input type hidden field due to an error regarding RaisingEventValidation. However when I turned eventvalidation off, it worked. I was therefore trying to weigh the loss in security when the property is turned off. <br />
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Thanks guys for your contribution.
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Thanks all. I was handling the doPostBack function manually via javascript but could not allocate a value to the eventArgument of the input type hidden field due to an error regarding RaisingEventValidation. However when I turned eventvalidation off, it worked. I was therefore trying to weigh the loss in security when the property is turned off.

Thanks guys for your contribution.

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Hello<br />
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It is recommended in msdn not to turn off the event validation property for an asp.net web page. Can an expert tell me the real dangers involved in turning off this page property?
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Hello

It is recommended in msdn not to turn off the event validation property for an asp.net web page. Can an expert tell me the real dangers involved in turning off this page property?

EventValidation turned off

The successor to Active Server Pages, ASP.NET websites utilize the .NET framework to produce dynamic, data and content-driven web applications and services. ASP.NET code can be written using any .NET supported language. As of 2009, ASP.NET can also apply the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern to web applications