[ale] a quick test of web site stupid

[Jim Kinney]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Geoffrey Myers <lists at serioustechnology.com
> wrote:

> Try using a space in your password.
>

Can't. I automatically escape it at that _really_ breaks things :-D

stoopid windows code banger can't understand a backslash outside of a
directory name.

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> Geoffrey Myers
>
> On Feb 28, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is just my opinion but....
>
> When I need to use a secure login for a web site like, say, a utility
> company or a shopping site that stores my credit card, I like to test the
> security of their coding practices by trying to use a password that has a
> '.' and a '!' in it. When they password checker complains, I take that as a
> good sign their coders don't properly escape user input data and thus are
> probably crappy in other areas.
>
> I am astounded at the number of places that still have issues (Verizon!).
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at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
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