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Google has beefed up the security of Gmail and its other services by adding a feature to login pages that blocks one of the more common forms of web attacks. The upgrade is designed to protect against CSRF, or cross-site request forgery, attacks. The technique subverts basic website defenses by exploiting the often-misplaced …

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  1. pitagora

    per page tokens are very annoying

    Most website didn't adopt this measure because it produces tons of false positives. Clicking the back button on your browser, double clicking a button under certain conditions, hitting refresh and so on, will trigger this protection. It's a great thing on banking websites, but very annoying on general purpose websites. Per page tokens should be a last resort measure.

  2. nickrw
    WTF?

    Web 2.0?

    What exactly makes CSRF exclusively a 'Web 2.0' vulnerability?

  3. Graham Dawson

    @nickrw

    "What exactly makes CSRF exclusively a 'Web 2.0' vulnerability?"

    Marketing.

  4. Kevin Roche
    Happy

    Did this Break gmail?

    I haven't had any spam all day. What's happened?

  5. TeeCee Gold badge
    Coffee/keyboard

    @Graham Dawson

    Coffee, keyboard, you know the drill....

  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    @pitagora

    "Per page tokens should be a last resort measure."

    Personally I only use token-checking against non-idempotent requests. That _seems_ to work ...

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