Bypassing the Length Limit

[Devin]

Hey guys, how you doing?
I'm pretty sure almost all of you are familiar with the hive's length limit which forbids you from posting messages with less than 4 characters, so here's a little trick to bypass it:

1-Type your message, for example "OK"
2-Add this code after your message

[plain][img]http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/pastebin_data/jxqv8k/l.jpg[/img][/plain]

3-Enjoy!

For users who want a shorter code use this:

[plain][img]http://goo.gl/6TX5LL[/img][/plain]

Alternatives:

Note Bypass (Method thanks to Directive 255):

[plain][note]A[/note][/plain]

 

[Cherrymage]

Why not just use [note][/note]?

For example, after writing your message, type:

[plain][note]blah[/note][/plain]

 

[GhostWolf]

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[GhostWolf]

Double posting just to see if anyone can figure the content of the comment above.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Both the client and server validate message length. The filter used to determine message length can be exploited though. Trying to submit a blank message will not work as the server will return an error that it is too short.

 

[Devin]

Why not just use [note][/note]?

For example, after writing your message, type:

[plain][note]blah[/note][/plain]

Cool, added to the codes.

Double posting just to see if anyone can figure the content of the comment above.

Checked via inspect element, its an issue in html it seems,pretty cool xD

Both the client and server validate message length. The filter used to determine message length can be exploited though. Trying to submit a blank message will not work as the server will return an error that it is too short.

Double checking then, gonna read the source code.

 

[Ash]

FYI, I'll probably delete messages with no content/less than 4 characters. Interesting proof of concept, but the only thing I can imagine that's posted would be "lol".

 

[Dr Super Good]

The limit was put in purposely to stop people posting quotes only or small messages like "lol".

 

[GhostWolf]

Checked via inspect element, its an issue in html it seems,pretty cool xD

It's not an issue, there are exactly 4 characters in that message.

 

[Devin]

4 Zero width space(s), Right?

 

[Dr Super Good]

4 Zero width space(s), Right?

It can be any character which is not being filtered for by the length measurement function. The limit was never intended to be fool-proof, just good enough to stop the spam of "lol" and pure quotations the site used to receive many many years ago.

 

[Devin]

That's of no use in vm though.