in reply to Homegrown Pseudo-Tainting

• You can't use -T ... What do you do now?

You do the same thing you would do it you could use -T. You scrub incoming data before using it for anything potentially risky.

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Re: Re: Homegrown Pseudo-Tainting
by oubiwann (Sexton) on Mar 15, 2002 at 07:03 UTC
    Right, that's what I'm talking about - what are your favorite regex's or other methods for protecting your shell from user input? (sorry, I should have been more explicit)
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      what are your favorite regex's or other methods for protecting your shell from user input?

      Test for exactly what I expect, and reject anything else. The test depends on the data.

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