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Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious?

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From Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious?
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M. Strobel, 2012-01-06 18:18:

> Am 06.01.2012 14:32, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>> On 1/6/2012 6:05 AM, Thomas Mlynarczyk wrote:
>>> Jerry Stuckle schrieb:
>>>
>>>> $REQUESTS is quite dangerous. You never know whether it comes
>>>> from
>>>> $_GET, $_POST or $_COOKIE, for instance.
>>>
>>> True, you don't know. But does it matter? The only problem I
>>> see is that
>>> the order of precedence of the three input sources depends on
>>> the PHP
>>> configuration, but aside from that, the script is given a
>>> "foo=bar" and
>>> a hacker could always send that via any of GET, POST or COOKIE.
>>> So my
>>> script should not be dependent on that. I find it rather
>>> convenient to
>>> be able to send commands/arguments to my script via any of the
>>> three
>>> methods.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>
>> No, it doesn't matter if you aren't concerned about security.
>>
> 
> I think programming leaves enough room for everybody to use $_GET
> and $_POST to their liking, but
> 
> 	$_REQUEST is no more dangerous than one of GPC.
> 
> There are some programming mantras you have to keep on saying,
> this is not one of it.

In fact, PHP has a lot of "historical" security flaws and i agree it is
not a good idea to use $_REQUEST instead of $_POST or $_GET.

My "hack" to avoid Magic Quotes without changing existing code uses
$_REQUEST only, because existing code - which may not be my own code -
may rely on it.


-- 
Arno Welzel
http://arnowelzel.de
http://de-rec-fahrrad.de

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Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-12-29 15:55 -0500
  Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2011-12-29 22:04 +0100
    Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-12-29 16:53 -0500
      Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-12-29 17:08 -0500
    Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2011-12-29 23:22 +0100
  Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-12-29 17:53 -0600
    Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-12-29 23:32 -0500
      Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2011-12-30 12:38 +0100
        Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-12-30 09:52 -0500
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2012-01-02 15:02 +0100
      Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2011-12-30 13:18 +0100
  Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2011-12-30 10:26 +0100
  Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2011-12-30 14:42 +0100
    Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-12-30 09:52 -0500
  Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-04 15:55 +0100
    Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2012-01-05 14:08 +0100
      Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-05 14:22 +0100
        Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-05 13:36 +0000
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2012-01-05 15:20 +0100
            Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-05 15:49 +0000
        Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2012-01-05 14:39 +0100
      Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 00:28 +0100
        Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-05 19:36 -0500
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2012-01-06 11:16 +0100
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-06 12:05 +0100
            Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 08:32 -0500
              Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 18:18 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 13:04 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-08 20:48 +0100
              Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-06 20:14 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 20:24 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-06 19:34 +0000
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 21:11 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 18:12 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-07 17:59 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-07 15:54 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-08 02:13 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-07 20:33 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-09 00:21 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-08 19:05 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-08 20:52 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-08 15:59 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-11 11:00 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-11 11:53 +0000
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-11 08:45 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-11 15:43 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-11 08:44 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-11 15:47 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-11 09:51 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-11 18:09 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-11 14:01 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-12 08:58 +0100
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 17:41 +0100
            Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 13:05 -0500
        Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2012-01-06 11:07 +0100
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 18:05 +0100
            Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 13:07 -0500
              Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 19:45 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 18:09 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-07 18:08 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-07 15:59 -0500

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