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* '''[http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/23/2141246 Custom escaping considered harmful]''' - "Applications using 'ad-hoc methods to "escape" strings going into the database, such as regexes, or PHP3's addslashes() and magic_quotes' are particularly unsafe. Since these bypass database-specific code for safe handling of strings, many such applications will need to be re-written to become secure."
 
* '''[http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/23/2141246 Custom escaping considered harmful]''' - "Applications using 'ad-hoc methods to "escape" strings going into the database, such as regexes, or PHP3's addslashes() and magic_quotes' are particularly unsafe. Since these bypass database-specific code for safe handling of strings, many such applications will need to be re-written to become secure."
  
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* '''[http://www.cioupdate.com/article.php/3608391 You can teach an old developer]''' - "Quote"
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Revision as of 21:40, 24 May 2006

  • Custom escaping considered harmful - "Applications using 'ad-hoc methods to "escape" strings going into the database, such as regexes, or PHP3's addslashes() and magic_quotes' are particularly unsafe. Since these bypass database-specific code for safe handling of strings, many such applications will need to be re-written to become secure."