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Comms : Preserving scrubbed characters with swaps
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Tahujoe Posts: 25
6/4/2017
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I think we can preserve, specifically, apostrophes (') and commas (,) and other potentially problematic scrubbed out characters (%_&*[]) by swapping them out before passing them through the scrubber. This can be done with escapes (I'm partial to the bell character '\7' or '\a') or just flat out using characters out of the control set (ascii values 0 to 15). Of course, we'd also need to process the characters on the way back out to the browser.
[gray hat]. . . also, I may have broken the quick reply submission on comms by sending through certain escapes. PM with details.[/gray hat]
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Aywanez Posts: 64
6/27/2017
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Just use escape characters, jeez. Aren't there standard libraries that do that in ASP?
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Doctor Dread Administrator Posts: 1478
6/27/2017
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Aywanez wrote:
Just use escape characters, jeez. Aren't there standard libraries that do that in ASP?
Actually you just wrap it in one ASP function that converts whatever you put in into the HTML version of it. BUT that means no one, even I can't use formatting in any comms messages or events
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Tahujoe Posts: 25
7/1/2017
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Escape characters for html will force through apostrophes, but on the ingame comms will trip the server's security and block the message from posting while also throwing up a generic error message. Also, liberal use of & can break Dr. Dread's ability to quote your PM back to you, since (breaking quotability right here) ' will send an apostrophe in raw text through the first filter function.
Also, for some odd reason, placing a double tick next to a single tick breaks your ability to preview or post.
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