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17/05/2014 04:03:40
 
 
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Forum:
ASP.NET
Category:
Other
Title:
Environment versions
Environment:
VB 9.0
OS:
Windows Server 2012
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Application:
Web
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Thread ID:
01600139
Message ID:
01600141
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67
>From the GCHG competition :
>
>Q. Sometimes security vulnerabilities are simple coding mistakes that even the most seasoned developers can make. What is wrong with the following lines of (C#) code to compute a date range to filter a list of results? What would be a better approach?
var currentDate = DateTime.Now;
>var startDate = new DateTime(currentDate.Year - 1, currentDate.Month, currentDate.Day);
>var endDate = currentDate;
>// Filter the results etc.
Blows up if run on Feb. 29th of a leap year; there is no Feb. 29 of the prior year. Better might be to always subtract 365 days, rather than one year.
Regards. Al

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