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Topic: Strange automatic amends in links

Posted By: dudboy
Subject: Strange automatic amends in links
Date Posted: 23 January 2004 at 7:31am

I have someone posting a link on our site which requires capital letters in the link for it to work.

For some reason the forum changes this JOCONNELL100 to JOConNELL100 and prevents the link from working

See here

http://www.clubgti.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9393&PN=1&TPN=1 - http://www.clubgti.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9393&PN =1&TPN=1

Any ideas ?

Many thanks

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www.clubgti.com/forum

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 23 January 2004 at 8:29am

Probally the security filters removing anything that could be used to force malicious code into the forum.

You'll just have to work around it, by linking to a different image or changing the name.

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Posted By: dudboy
Date Posted: 23 January 2004 at 8:49am

-boRg- wrote:

Probally the security filters removing anything that could be used to force malicious code into the forum.

You'll just have to work around it, by linking to a different image or changing the name.

Does this mean that anyone with a name like conner if they use it in a link willnot work of is it just capitalls CONNER ?

Many thanks

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www.clubgti.com/forum

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 23 January 2004 at 9:02am

Servers are not usually case sesitive when it comes to URL's infact this is the first time I've seen a server that uses case sesitive URL's, so usually it won't matter.

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 23 January 2004 at 9:10am

Incase this happens again with case sesitive URL's change the formatLink function in the functions_filters.asp file to the following:-

'********************************************

'***          Format Links         *****

'********************************************



'Format links funtion

Private Function formatLink(ByVal strInputEntry)



    'Remove malisous charcters from links and images

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "document.cookie", ".", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "javascript:", "javascript ", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "vbscript:", "vbscript ", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "javascript :", "javascript ", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "vbscript :", "vbscript ", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "[", "", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "]", "", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "(", "", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, ")", "", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "{", "", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "}", "", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "<", "", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, ">", "", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "|", "", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "script", "&#115;cript", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "SCRIPT", "&#083;CRIPT", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "Script", "&#083;cript", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "script", "&#083;cript", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "object", "&#111;bject", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "OBJECT", "&#079;BJECT", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "Object", "&#079;bject", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "object", "&#079;bject", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "applet", "&#097;pplet", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "APPLET", "&#065;PPLET", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "Applet", "&#065;pplet", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "applet", "&#065;pplet", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "embed", "&#101;mbed", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "EMBED", "&#069;MBED", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "Embed", "&#069;mbed", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "embed", "&#069;mbed", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "document", "&#100;ocument", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "DOCUMENT", "&#068;OCUMENT", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "Document", "&#068;ocument", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "document", "&#068;ocument", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "cookie", "&#099;ookie", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "COOKIE", "&#067;OOKIE", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "Cookie", "&#067;ookie", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "cookie", "&#067;ookie", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "event", "&#101;vent", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "EVENT", "&#069;VENT", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "Event", "&#069;vent", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "event", "&#069;vent", 1, -1, 1)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "on", "&#111;n", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "ON", "&#079;N", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "On", "&#079;n", 1, -1, 0)

    strInputEntry = Replace(strInputEntry, "on", "&#111;n", 1, -1, 1)



    'Return

    formatLink = strInputEntry

End Function

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Posted By: dudboy
Date Posted: 23 January 2004 at 9:45am

Many thanks

That has fixed the problem his name now works.

Does this reduce any security that could cause problems ?

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