[jQuery] Re: Spammer bypassing JQ Validate to register?

2008-12-22 Thread Kenny Scott
Hi, [ I tried to post this yesterday before the other replies came in but it got bounced; here's my initial reply which is pretty much the same answer as those posted since: ] Aside from turning JavaScript off, hackers won't use a web browser to attack your site, they just send web requests direc

[jQuery] Re: Spammer bypassing JQ Validate to register?

2008-12-21 Thread Dan G. Switzer, II
> So, this dude from Poland managed to register without a first name, > without a last name and likely without an invitation code. I'll deal > with the EE issues separately, but is there a known issue where > someone can mess with the jquery in the page to bypass the validation > that is running?

[jQuery] Re: Spammer bypassing JQ Validate to register?

2008-12-21 Thread Dave Methvin
Client side validation is just there to provide a nicer experience for humans. If there are conditions that you need to enforce for the sake of your server-side code or database, then you must do that in your server-side code. Nothing stops a hacker from doing a raw submit to your server-side pag