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Proper file type checks:  Check for at least basic parameters like file size, mime-type etc and allow only a selected MIME type wherever possible. Make a white-list of file extensions to be allowed for upload. Try to keep away from executable files and scripts where possible. Set minimum and maximum file size for upload. This will prevent Dosing the web server by uploading huge files and exhaust the storage space. Random filenames and folder : Do not allow user input to specify the destination directory or file name of uploaded documents. Good practice is to rename the document to some random value and track them in your Database. In short guessing the name of the uploaded file should be made difficult for the attacker. Upload Directory Security:  Upload all files outside your web directory. Possibly separate the upload directory from application and system directories/drive. This can help mitigate issues related to resource exhaustion & directory traversal. Set prope...