System.InvalidCastException: ‘Conversion from string “employee” to type ‘Boolean’ is not valid.’

The form I created pops up but when I click on the open button this error occurs. The error directs me to sqlConn.ConnectionString , So any insights with regards to the problem is really helpful. Private Sub updateTable() sqlConn.ConnectionString = "server=" + server + ";" + "user id =" = username + ";" _ + … Read more

SQL – Injection on Purpose in ASP.NET Core 2.1.7

I’m a college student and I’m in a class about computer security. I have a final project that I had to come up with so I decided to do a project where I create my own website and run a DoS attack and SQL Injection (I will also be doing a buffer overflow attack on my own VM). So I am creating a website using ASP.NET using Visual Studio 2019. I have not really worked with ASP.NET and I’m just trying to make a basic website. So far I have a webpage where you can view “Customers” and you can search for one. So I am creating this code so that I can SQL Inject and I understand the correct way to implement this. Here is my code so far

Mono + ASP.NET + MySQL: works, but always throws initial System.IO.FileNotFoundException for ‘MySql.Data’

I have built an ASP.NET web application on a Linux server running Apache and mod_mono with a MySQL database using the MySQL Connector/NET. Everything works splendidly… but only after an initial exception is thrown: if no requests have been made by anyone for this site for “awhile” (I’m unclear on the exact duration and cause of this, but some kind of hour-ish timeout seems to be at play), then a new request always results in: