peter, 18 days ago to random They should be sanitising their database inputs rather than change the input data! "A local authority has announced it will ban apostrophes on street signs to avoid problems with computer systems." North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321 #database #bobbyTables
They should be sanitising their database inputs rather than change the input data!
"A local authority has announced it will ban apostrophes on street signs to avoid problems with computer systems."
North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321
#database #bobbyTables
peter, 18 days ago @JorgeStolfi that's the classical SQL exploit with unsanitised inputs & that xkcd is why I included the #bobbyTables hash tag 😉
@JorgeStolfi that's the classical SQL exploit with unsanitised inputs & that xkcd is why I included the #bobbyTables hash tag 😉
statsguy, 8 months ago to random Wait, the air traffic fiasco was caused by a single rogue flight plan? What was the plan? Was it: Paris to London');DROP TABLE flights;-- ? I dunno, maybe they should have thought of a bit more error trapping when they were writing the software? #AirTrafficFiasco #BobbyTables https://news.sky.com/story/air-traffic-control-nats-not-ruling-out-anything-after-glitch-causes-widespread-disruption-12950468
Wait, the air traffic fiasco was caused by a single rogue flight plan?
What was the plan?
Was it:
Paris to London');DROP TABLE flights;--
?
I dunno, maybe they should have thought of a bit more error trapping when they were writing the software?
#AirTrafficFiasco #BobbyTables
https://news.sky.com/story/air-traffic-control-nats-not-ruling-out-anything-after-glitch-causes-widespread-disruption-12950468