[WEB SECURITY] Re: noise about full-width encoding bypass?

["Brian Eaton" <eaton.lists@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/21/07, Brian Eaton <eaton.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Has anyone had a look at the full-width unicode encoding trick discussed here?
>
> http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739224
>
> AFAICT, this technique could be useful for a homograph attack.  I
> don't think it's useful for much else.  However, a few vendors have
> reacted already, so I may be missing something important.

To summarize what I've heard from various sources: I am missing
something important. =)  Both PHP and ASP.NET will decode these
characters into their ASCII equivalents.  I don't think J2EE apps are
vulnerable, but this is definitely useful for more more than just
homograph attacks.

Thanks to the various people who have tested this out!

Regards,
Brian

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