
Searchable Index Commands
While we’ve mentioned the problems that may be passed to CGI scripts through
forms and URLs, this isn’t the only method of passing data to your script or pro-
gram. Searchable indexes allow users to enter data to search your site for information.
Because users must enter information as to what is being searched, they must enter
text to specify what they are searching for.This means that you are limited as to
what you can do to control user input, because you can’t merely use drop-down
lists, check boxes, and so forth to restrict what a user enters.
Aside from this limitation, the methods used to prevent users from exploiting ...