Re: Little note to php coders

This is one of the reasons I usually recommend running with magic quotes
on, it provides a bit of insurance for those spots where your data
validation is not up to snuff.

Robert Treat

On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 06:11, Nigel J. Andrews wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Sir Mordred The Traitor wrote:
>
> > Check out this link, if you need something to laugh at:
> > http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?1'
> >
> > Keeping in mind, that there are bunch of overflows in PostgreSQL(really?),
> > it is
> > very dangerous i guess. Right?
>
> I'm not sure what list this really fits onto so I've left as hackers.
>
> The old argument about data validation and whose job it is. However, is there a
> reason why all CGI parameters aren't scanned and rejected if they contain
> any punctuation. I was going to say if they contain anything non alphanumeric
> but then I'm not sure about internationalisation and that test.
>
>
> --
> Nigel J. Andrews
>
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