It's a public webpage.  No SSL.  The ID variable simply specifies which 
news story to view.

Dave

Kevin Aebig wrote:

> It could be a homemade spider from overseas. In what context is the page
> called? Is it an include, a website page, webapp page? Is it under SSL? Is
> it protected in any way?
> 
> Kevin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Delbridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:52 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Security Issue?
> 
> 
> I'm afraid not.  The offending characters arrived unpromted in the URL.
> 
> Dave
> 
> Kevin Aebig wrote:
> 
> 
>>My guess is that you're using CFencrypt on a variable before you pass it
>>through a query param. Is this the case?
>>
>>Kevin
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: David Delbridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:57 AM
>>To: CF-Talk
>>Subject: Security Issue?
>>
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Does anybody recognize this URL string pattern (%C2%A0%C2%A0It) as a
>>security exploit?  For example:
>>
>>http://www.mywebsite.com/form.cfm?ID=89%C2%A0%C2%A0It
>>
>>It produces the following error in CF:
>>
>>Incorrect syntax near 'Â'.
>>
>>SQL = "select * from DbName
>>where (ID = 89Â Â It)"
>>
>>I've received a few of these in the past 24 hours, all from Inktomi's IP
>>block.  A Google search turns up nothing useful.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>--
>>
>>David M. Delbridge
>>Circa 3000
>>ColdFusion Hosting
>>http://www.circa3k.com
>>866-CIRCA3K (247-2235)
>>Outside U.S: +1.775-832-2445
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
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