To: discussion@acfug.org
Subject: RE: re[2]: [ACFUG Discuss] Regex help
Yes, Ben Forta did Teach Yourself Regular Expressions In 10 Minutes
and I
can recommend it. There are also many resources available online. Just
google regular expressions and the first few that come up look quite
good.
There are also many
: re[2]: [ACFUG
Discuss] Regex help
I think what Dean is
suggesting here is that it is wiser to validate both from the server and the
client. The server validation being more reliable than the client.
This is a well adopted paradigm and Dean helps us remember this.
Also, MITM = Man
]: [ACFUG
Discuss] Regex help
I think what Dean is
suggesting here is that it is wiser to validate both from the server and the
client. The server validation being more reliable than the client.
This is a well adopted paradigm and Dean helps us remember this.
Also, MITM = Man In The Middle
To: discussion@acfug.org
Subject: Re: re[2]: [ACFUG Discuss] Regex help
Jason,
First start with one of the RegEx in 10 minutes a day type books. I think
there is one from Sams Publishing. If you want to be a serious geek,
Regular Expressions by Jeffrey Friedl from O'Reilly rocks.
-dhs
Dean H. Saxe
),
if someone doesn't already know of one.
/charlie
http://www.carehart.org/blog/
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To: discussion@acfug.org
Subject: Re: re[2]: [ACFUG Discuss] Regex help
Say you want to find your string and its 10 to 12 characters in the
hexadecimal character set. You can validate your data with:
[A-F0-9]{10,12}
This will match any hexadecimal number with a minimum of 10 chars and
a maximum of 12. Its a positive way of doing data validation on your
I think what Dean is suggesting here is that it is wiser to validate both from the server and the client. The server validation being more reliable than the client. This is a well adopted paradigm and Dean helps us remember this.
Also, MITM = Man In The Middle, which is a type of attack that can
