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@deadlyRants of course.. that also reminds me of a recent article I have read regarding a Mr. Null who wasn't lucky registering himself on the web too, which indicates that still today devs are using blacklists to prevent injection.. lazy approach to security to say the least.
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Reminds me of an ex college who's last name was just "Pe" and a lot of forms rejected it because of being too short.
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@DarkMukke that would make many names that I know of friends from China and Japan with names that are too short. (Not a racist comment)
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@uziiuzair granted, this was in the early 2000's when validation was new on the web
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On my Galaxy S5, the vpn connect form have a maxlength set to 32 on the userid/email field. An IT department requirement is to have full name given in the email address, causing mine to be 33 chars long...
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Eariel19088y@andersoyvind, by now setting a max number of chars on an email field is just wrong. Many people has full name addresses, and some even add more characters by using the "+ something" option most providers offer.
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