On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 10:31:11AM -0500, Karen Cravens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed
forth:
> On 9 Jun 2001, at 11:15, Kevin Meltzer wrote:
>
> > Well, depending on the application (CGI or otherwise) you sometimes need to. If
> > it is a path, or a file, it may need to be done (as well as putting things into
> > DB with chars that shouldn't be there). If someone allows for \w chars, then
> > they will have to clean up the havoc they are allowing.
>
> Bah. Bah!
Um.. well said.
>
> > A script is only as
> > secure as the programmers clue about security.
>
> Well, that's *always* true.
>
> > Agreed (with newlines, that's just silly). Spaces, well, I know
> > that is valid in (at least) Windows.
>
> Just because something is valid doesn't mean it's okay. Spaces,
> bah!
Well, in Windows it isn't only valid, it is OK. If you don't like spaces, then
you can keep "bah"ing at them and hope the go away.
>
> > Yes, he did. Unless, everyone in the world is misquoting him.
>
> Blame _Discover_.
No, I'll blame about 100 resources which quotes him the same way. Maybe
Discover is the one which got it right :)
Cheers,
Kevin
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