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> and may in fact be a symptom of deeper string-validation issues It may also be a sign that there's a very early filtering stage that drops request at a very
by _pmf_ 9y ago
> and may in fact be a symptom of deeper string-validation issues
It may also be a sign that there's a very early filtering stage that drops request at a very remote edge, which is a very good thing to do. See [0]; basically, you configure your server to completely drop requests that contain any character that has any possibility of being suspicious.
[0] http://twiki.org/p/pub/Support/ConfigureFailsOnNext/mod_security.conf http://twiki.org/p/pub/Support/ConfigureFailsOnNext/mod_secu...
- andai 9y agoI think you meant to post in a different thread?
- icebraining 9y agoIt's a response to the "Big List of Naughty Strings" article, liked from the Every Programmer Should Know List.