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Re: preventing XSS and SQL injection?


From: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr () ranum com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:32:45 -0400

ArkanoiD wrote:
It is ok when securing server traffic, but becames extremely difficult when it
comes to client proxy, because there are too many legitimate traffic patterns to add :-(

"Too many legitimate patterns" is still easier to manage
than "infinite bad patterns" which is what you'll eventually
be approaching if you try to come up with matches for
all the possible attacks.

Hmmm... Did you notice that this brief little Email exchange
has summarized the history of the last 15 years of computer
security in 3 sentences?

mjr.

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