Input validation is the single best defense against injection and XSS vulnerabilities. Done right, proper input validation techniques can make web-applications invulnerable to such attacks. Done ...

In Part 1 of this series, I showed you an example of PowerShell's native validation capabilities. In that installment, I wrote a function that accepted a text string as input. The function then used ...

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Microsoft .NET lets you build complex applications quickly and easily, but its selection of controls does have notable gaps. Fortunately, you can address part of this deficiency yourself by building ...

Ruby on Rails fixed six vulnerabilities in versions 3.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and Rails 5.0 beta and three in rails-html-sanitizer The Ruby on Rails team released versions 4.2.5.1, 4.1.14.1, and 3.2.22.1 of ...

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Excel's data validation feature is more versatile than you might think. Learn how to use literal values, input values, list values, and even formulas to restrict input date values using data ...