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I was trying to find a source supporting the "whitelisting is safer than blacklisting" approach, but alas most links revolved around the question if these terms are racist and should be replaced and by what.

Too much a master-slave dilemma for a shady dark-pinky guy like me.

Cheers Rolf
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In reply to Re^4: Allowing regex entries in web form to search database: Risks or gotchas? by LanX
in thread Allowing regex entries in web form to search database: Risks or gotchas? by Polyglot

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