Re: yaml/xml/json, POST data, bloodcurdling terror

From: David Mayo <pobocks_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 10:24:45 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Thanks! That's really solid.  I just spent $EMBARRASSINGLY_LONG_TIME
figuring out how to turn off half of Saxon's XML parsing functionality for
some of these reasons.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Andromeda Yelton <
andromeda.yelton_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I strongly recommend this hilarious, terrifying PyCon talk about
> vulnerabilities in yaml, xml, and json processing:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjZHjvrAS74
>
> If you process user-submitted data in these formats and don't yet know why
> you should be flatly terrified, please watch this ASAP; it's illuminating.
> If you *do* know why you should be terrified, watch it anyway and giggle
> along in knowing recognition, because the talk is really very funny.
>
> --
> Andromeda Yelton
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>
Received on Thu Dec 17 2015 - 10:25:32 EST