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submitted 2 months ago by Aijan to c/programming

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Why the password.trim()? Silently removing parts of the password can lead to dangerous bugs and tells me the developer didn't peoperly consider how to sanitize input.

I remember once my password for a particular organization had a space at the end. I could log in to all LDAP-connected applications, except for one that would insist my password was wrong. A trim() or similar was likely the culprit.

[–] Aijan 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thanks for the tip. password.trim() can indeed be problematic. I just removed that line.

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