Explained – Regular Expressions

ASP.NET 2.0 Security Videos

J.D. Meier, Keith Brown, Prashant Bansode
Microsoft Corporation

November 2007

This video module shows you how to use regular expressions to validate input and data.

Objectives

• Use an interactive tool to develop regular expression patterns for validation.
• Use the .NET Framework’s Regex class to validate user input strings.
• Discover guidance at the Microsoft Patterns & Practices website

Video

The video is a small wmv file streaming / download:

• Explained – Regular Expressions (Length: 5:04 - Size: 5.64 MB)

Recommended Guidance

• How To: Protect From Injection Attacks in ASP.NET
• How To: Use Regular Expressions to Constrain Input in ASP.NET
• Design Guidelines for Secure Web Applications (See "Input Validation" section)
• Architecture and Design Review for Security (See "Input Validation" section)
• Security Guidelines: ASP.NET 2.0 (See "Input and Data Validation" section)