* Ron Weidner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [051031 12:38]: > > > --- Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello: > > I need to tighten my handling of CGI transmissions. > > I particular, I need to develop a strategy of safely > > dealing with "tainted" characters. > > Ahh... tainted characters. If by "tainted" you mean > not UTF-8, there is a c tool called "iconv" that fixes > "tainted" characters. I believe Python has a wrapper, > but I didn't check before sending this e-mail. Good > luck and please write back if you implement a working > solution. Now that's serendipity for ya. I wasn't thinking about none-UTF-8 characters, but that's a good thread to investigate also.
Actually, google gives me a thread http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2005-August/040619.html regarding handling of characters passed from a CGI post that could be exploited by malicious hacking. thanks tim -- Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
