why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe?

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why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe?

shanepy
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Nov-22-2018, 08:28 PM

import cgi
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper()    # This way it's safe.
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Why does converting to the cgi form data to upper case make it "safe"?

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why is user = form.getfirst("user", "").upper() safe? - by shanepy - Nov-22-2018, 08:28 PM

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