Re: Bug 62479

From: Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:50:52 +0000
Subject: Re: Bug 62479
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On Sun, Jan 19, 2014, at 12:59 PM, Lester Caine wrote:
> Will Fitch wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014, at 02:15 AM, Lester Caine wrote:
> >> >Will Fitch wrote:
> >>> > >Then again, I didn't expect to have
> >>> > >a bug where single quotes are part of the password, so there's
> >>> > >always a
> >>> > >surprise.
> >> >
> >> >Leaving holes that can possibly be used by hackers is the problem here.
> >> >IF
> >> >someone finds an edge case that does not get handled their next step is
> >> >to see
> >> >if it can be exploited? Code review is not a matter of 'surprise' but
> >> >rather
> >> >'what have I missed that could be a problem'?
> > I agree.  However, this is more of a situation of not accounting for all
> > situations as opposed to introducing a security flaw.  As I told Stas,
> > I'm going to update to account for beginning/ending quotes.
> 
> Many of the edge cases that get missed are quite benign but some of them
> can be 
> a surprise. It is perhaps a little surprising how some holes can be
> exploited, 
> even when we thought they were safe :(

Well said. :)

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