Validation on "org-name:" syntax (double spaces and newlines)
Am 12.11.17 um 12:00 schrieb db-wg-request@ripe.net:
Out of 114181 ORGANISATION objects, 112 objects use multiple consecutive whitespace in the ?org-name:? attribute and only 1 uses a multi-line value. While this is a tiny fraction these objects are a bit problematic to us when we verify that the ?org-name:? matches the name of the organisation that we allocated or assigned resources to in our records. We also believe that this is highly confusing to users and tools parsing these objects.
While currently not an issue, you should include other non-spaces whitespace (i.e. Tabs & NULL-Bytes) in your blacklist. Regards, Alex -- velia.net Internetdienste GmbH * Hessen-Homburg-Platz 1 * D-63452 Hanau Geschäftsführer: Franz G. Köhler, Arek Akilli * AG Hanau * HRB 7588 Tel: +49 6181 1898119 * http://www.velia.net Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/velia_net
Hi Alex I presume 'whitespace' does include them, but to be sure Tim can confirm that. cheersdenisco-chair DB WG From: Alexander Stranzky via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net> To: db-wg@ripe.net Sent: Monday, 13 November 2017, 9:05 Subject: [db-wg] Validation on "org-name:" syntax (double spaces and newlines) Am 12.11.17 um 12:00 schrieb db-wg-request@ripe.net:
Out of 114181 ORGANISATION objects, 112 objects use multiple consecutive whitespace in the ?org-name:? attribute and only 1 uses a multi-line value. While this is a tiny fraction these objects are a bit problematic to us when we verify that the ?org-name:? matches the name of the organisation that we allocated or assigned resources to in our records. We also believe that this is highly confusing to users and tools parsing these objects.
While currently not an issue, you should include other non-spaces whitespace (i.e. Tabs & NULL-Bytes) in your blacklist. Regards, Alex -- velia.net Internetdienste GmbH * Hessen-Homburg-Platz 1 * D-63452 Hanau Geschäftsführer: Franz G. Köhler, Arek Akilli * AG Hanau * HRB 7588 Tel: +49 6181 1898119 * http://www.velia.net Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/velia_net
Hi all, We propose to only allow single spaces, and disallow any other whitespace such as tabs and NULL-bytes Tim
On 22 Nov 2017, at 21:42, denis walker <ripedenis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi Alex
I presume 'whitespace' does include them, but to be sure Tim can confirm that.
cheers denis co-chair DB WG
From: Alexander Stranzky via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net> To: db-wg@ripe.net Sent: Monday, 13 November 2017, 9:05 Subject: [db-wg] Validation on "org-name:" syntax (double spaces and newlines)
Am 12.11.17 um 12:00 schrieb db-wg-request@ripe.net:
Out of 114181 ORGANISATION objects, 112 objects use multiple consecutive whitespace in the ?org-name:? attribute and only 1 uses a multi-line value. While this is a tiny fraction these objects are a bit problematic to us when we verify that the ?org-name:? matches the name of the organisation that we allocated or assigned resources to in our records. We also believe that this is highly confusing to users and tools parsing these objects.
While currently not an issue, you should include other non-spaces whitespace (i.e. Tabs & NULL-Bytes) in your blacklist.
Regards, Alex
-- velia.net Internetdienste GmbH * Hessen-Homburg-Platz 1 * D-63452 Hanau Geschäftsführer: Franz G. Köhler, Arek Akilli * AG Hanau * HRB 7588 Tel: +49 6181 1898119 * http://www.velia.net Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/velia_net
Hi,
We propose to only allow single spaces, and disallow any other whitespace such as tabs and NULL-bytes
Sounds good to me, Sander
participants (4)
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Alexander Stranzky -
denis walker -
Sander Steffann -
Tim Bruijnzeels