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11/18/2010 10:20 AM
 
Hi, anyone familiar with the below error message?

An error has occurred.
DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster. ---> System.Web.HttpException: Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster. ---> System.Web.UI.ViewStateException: Invalid viewstate. Client IP: ::1 Port: 57412 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12 ViewState: VIEWSTATEREMOVEDFORWIDTH
... --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Web.UI.ViewStateException.ThrowError(Exception inner, String persistedState, String errorPageMessage, Boolean macValidationError) at System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.Deserialize(String inputString) at System.Web.UI.Util.DeserializeWithAssert(IStateFormatter
 
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11/18/2010 12:38 PM
 
Unfortunately it's a common error. I've tracked it down to specific ranges of IP addresses. I think it is just automated bots trying to hack the viewstate on ASP.NET sites. I've never had one get through.

Chris Hammond
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11/18/2010 1:17 PM
 
ok. good to know. thanks Chris.
 
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