An Application Was Recently Compromised After Some Malformed Data Came

question 431

Multiple Choice

An application was recently compromised after some malformed data came in via web form. Which of the following would MOST likely have prevented this?

• A) Input validation
• B) Proxy server
• C) Stress testing
• D) Encoding

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