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I'm getting errors in a few of my pages:

Error Message: Invalid character in a Base-64 string. Error Source: mscorlib Error Target Site: Byte[] FromBase64String(System.String)

Error Message: Unable to validate data. Error Source: System.Web Error Target Site: Byte[] GetDecodedData(Byte[], Byte[], Int32, Int32, Int32 ByRef)

Error Message: Invalid viewstate. Error Source: System.Web Error Target Site: System.String DecryptStringWithIV(System.String, System.Web.Configuration.IVType)

Here is some context. Please let me know if you are seeing anything. I think this is being caused in part by my asp wizard control.

QueryString Data:

Post Data:

ctl00$smgr: ctl00$MasterContentPlaceHolder$upl_Products|ctl00$MasterContentPlaceHolder$btn_Search __EVENTTARGET: __EVENTARGUMENT: __LASTFOCUS: __VIEWSTATEFIELDCOUNT: 3

__EVENTVALIDATION: /wEWHwKV2/WwBQLGna/KAwK9x8a3BQKLhdbNCwLZ64aKDQKi8pQnAp/jp/4IApCM8ZMEApGM8ZMEApOMzZMEApSMzZMEAtbfoPUBAqPxgKMBAorGwpkKAseB0Z0KAqPxgKMBAt2Y6o8JAsDpmsoPAtKTqbABApnQzLoPAuPO3+EGAvqt7rUDAtyZ3acDAtf0wrEBAvKivZ0MAsGNqIUKAoyZyqoNAsbz9MYPAuDHqosLAs6pn9gKAr+Ru4sC6wYbrhtxXxHDOrBfBS6eE0Gfq9I= ctl00$hdf_DisplayModal: ctl00$UcHeader1$ucCreateAssociation$Wizard1$txt_AssociationName: ctl00$UcHeader1$ucCreateAssociation$Wizard1$txt_Doors: ctl00$UcHeader1$ucCreateAssociation$Wizard1$txt_Lockbox: ctrlPrefix: ctl00_MasterContentPlaceHolder_ ctl00$MasterContentPlaceHolder$txt_Search: CASA RIVIERA ctl00$MasterContentPlaceHolder$wmk_Search_ClientState: ctl00$MasterContentPlaceHolder$ddl_PageSize: 25 ctl00$MasterContentPlaceHolder$txt_sdi: ctl00$MasterContentPlaceHolder$hdf_ClonedProduct: ctl00$MasterContentPlaceHolder$hdf_ClonedProductDocumentID: ctl00$MasterContentPlaceHolder$btn_Search: Search

User: 0893

Exception Stack Trace:

at System.Web.UI.ViewStateException.ThrowError(Exception inner, String persistedState, String errorPageMessage, Boolean macValidationError) at System.Web.UI.ViewStateException.ThrowMacValidationError(Exception inner, String persistedState) at System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.Deserialize(String inputString) at System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.System.Web.UI.IStateFormatter.Deserialize(String serializedState) at System.Web.UI.Util.DeserializeWithAssert(IStateFormatter formatter, String serializedState) at System.Web.UI.HiddenFieldPageStatePersister.Load() at System.Web.UI.Page.LoadPageStateFromPersistenceMedium() at System.Web.UI.Page.LoadAllState() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(HttpContext context) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at ASP.pif_default_aspx.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\sdi\80f8adc6\386762ef\App_Web_xehehb6p.0.cs:line 0 at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)

Server Variables:

ALL_HTTP: HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL:no-cache HTTP_CONNECTION:Keep-Alive HTTP_PRAGMA:no-cache HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH:34935 HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE:application/x-www-form-urlencoded HTTP_ACCEPT:/ HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE:en-us HTTP_COOKIE:intro=none; proofs=none; __utma=171421859.194166732.1176217884.1257437483.1257444560.528; __utmz=171421859.1257444560.528.335.utmcsr=southdata.com|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/; .ASPXFORMSAUTH=BDF808EC8A45BADFBB4DB5AD85A8ADE465F4A3B2DB6BE338C17A1F9D77075A418FD178A5FD1F9C54DBE5442A8BEA229C938AC5026C0759B2C45DE0E1E930A7B3; __utmc=171421859; __utmb=171421859.76.10.1257444560; __utma=146810421.923635986.1176217867.1257437442.1257444513.419; __utmz=146810421.1257437442.418.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); ASP.NET_SessionId=zem03d55niqwuavria2n2x2p; __utmc=146810421 HTTP_HOST:republic.southdata.com HTTP_REFERER:https://republic.southdata.com/SDI/PIF/ HTTP_USER_AGENT:Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; MS-RTC LM 8; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) HTTP_X_MICROSOFTAJAX:Delta=true HTTP_UA_CPU:x86

ALL_RAW: Cache-Control: no-cache Connection: Keep-Alive Pragma: no-cache Content-Length: 34935 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Accept: / Accept-Language: en-us Cookie: intro=none; proofs=none; __utma=171421859.194166732.1176217884.1257437483.1257444560.528; __utmz=171421859.1257444560.528.335.utmcsr=southdata.com|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/; .ASPXFORMSAUTH=BDF808EC8A45BADFBB4DB5AD85A8ADE465F4A3B2DB6BE338C17A1F9D77075A418FD178A5FD1F9C54DBE5442A8BEA229C938AC5026C0759B2C45DE0E1E930A7B3; __utmc=171421859; __utmb=171421859.76.10.1257444560; __utma=146810421.923635986.1176217867.1257437442.1257444513.419; __utmz=146810421.1257437442.418.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); ASP.NET_SessionId=zem03d55niqwuavria2n2x2p; __utmc=146810421 Host: republic.southdata.com Referer: https://republic.southdata.com/SDI/PIF/ User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; MS-RTC LM 8; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) x-microsoftajax: Delta=true UA-CPU: x86

APPL_MD_PATH: /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/SDI APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH: D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\sdi\ AUTH_TYPE: Forms AUTH_USER: 0893 AUTH_PASSWORD: LOGON_USER: REMOTE_USER: 0893 CERT_COOKIE: CERT_FLAGS: CERT_ISSUER: CERT_KEYSIZE: 128 CERT_SECRETKEYSIZE: 4096 CERT_SERIALNUMBER: CERT_SERVER_ISSUER: C=US, O=Network Solutions L.L.C., CN=Network Solutions Certificate Authority CERT_SERVER_SUBJECT: C=US, PostalCode=27030, S=NC, L=Mount Airy, STREET=201 Technology Lane, O=SouthData, OU=IT, OU=Secure Link SSL Wildcard, CN=*.southdata.com CERT_SUBJECT: CONTENT_LENGTH: 34935 CONTENT_TYPE: application/x-www-form-urlencoded GATEWAY_INTERFACE: CGI/1.1 HTTPS: on HTTPS_KEYSIZE: 128 HTTPS_SECRETKEYSIZE: 4096 HTTPS_SERVER_ISSUER: C=US, O=Network Solutions L.L.C., CN=Network Solutions Certificate Authority HTTPS_SERVER_SUBJECT: C=US, PostalCode=27030, S=NC, L=Mount Airy, STREET=201 Technology Lane, O=SouthData, OU=IT, OU=Secure Link SSL Wildcard, CN=*.southdata.com INSTANCE_ID: 1 INSTANCE_META_PATH: /LM/W3SVC/1 LOCAL_ADDR: 10.1.16.6 PATH_INFO: /SDI/PIF/Default.aspx PATH_TRANSLATED: D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\sdi\PIF\Default.aspx QUERY_STRING: REMOTE_ADDR: 204.9.125.194 REMOTE_HOST: 204.9.125.194 REMOTE_PORT: 59539 REQUEST_METHOD: POST SCRIPT_NAME: /SDI/PIF/Default.aspx SERVER_NAME: republic.southdata.com SERVER_PORT: 443 SERVER_PORT_SECURE: 1 SERVER_PROTOCOL: HTTP/1.0 SERVER_SOFTWARE: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 URL: /SDI/PIF/Default.aspx HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL: no-cache HTTP_CONNECTION: Keep-Alive HTTP_PRAGMA: no-cache HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH: 34935 HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE: application/x-www-form-urlencoded HTTP_ACCEPT: / HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: en-us HTTP_COOKIE: intro=none; proofs=none; __utma=171421859.194166732.1176217884.1257437483.1257444560.528; __utmz=171421859.1257444560.528.335.utmcsr=southdata.com|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/; .ASPXFORMSAUTH=BDF808EC8A45BADFBB4DB5AD85A8ADE465F4A3B2DB6BE338C17A1F9D77075A418FD178A5FD1F9C54DBE5442A8BEA229C938AC5026C0759B2C45DE0E1E930A7B3; __utmc=171421859; __utmb=171421859.76.10.1257444560; __utma=146810421.923635986.1176217867.1257437442.1257444513.419; __utmz=146810421.1257437442.418.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); ASP.NET_SessionId=zem03d55niqwuavria2n2x2p; __utmc=146810421 HTTP_HOST: republic.southdata.com HTTP_REFERER: https://republic.southdata.com/SDI/PIF/ HTTP_USER_AGENT: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; MS-RTC LM 8; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) HTTP_X_MICROSOFTAJAX: Delta=true

+1  A: 

Microsoft posted an article on viewstate corruption a while back that has come in handy:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555353

We've run into this when running on load-balanced web servers in which case using a common key in the machine.config files did the trick. Not sure if this is the issue you are having, but the article from MS was a big help.

James Conigliaro