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Displaying BBAuth appid Bad?   Message List  
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Is it bad or a security issue to display the BBAuth "appid" in the query string
for others to see?

for example: http://myapp.com/user/?appid=Pw9sWJHIkY4vhz.....&user=billy

Thanks in advance!




Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:56 am

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Is it bad or a security issue to display the BBAuth "appid" in the query string for others to see? for example:...
Diego
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Jun 15, 2009
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... I don't believe the AppID by itself would pose a problem, just make sure to not include the AppID *with* the secret, otherwise someone could start...
Brian Cantoni
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Jul 23, 2009
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