Abstract: Regular expression matching is a crucial step in traffic analysis. Many hardware-based architectures are proposed to improve the matching throughput, such as FPGA. To date, however, the ...

The built-in JavaScript regular expression engine can, under certain special combinations, run in exponential time. This situation can trigger what's referred to as a Regular Expression Denial of ...

Abstract: Regular expressions are notoriously difficult to get right, with developers often having to resort to trial-and-error approaches. Even so, little attention ...

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Quick: If you shout "regular expressions" in a crowd of Linux users, what happens? Answer: Everyone will tell you the right way to use them, and every answer will be different. Regular expressions -- ...

Functional programming, as the name implies, is about functions. While functions are part of just about every programming paradigm, including JavaScript, a functional programmer has unique ...

Denial-of-service (DOS) attacks overwhelm a company’s servers to ensure that it cannot function correctly. From this state, they are unable to make sales, communicate with customers, or continue their ...

There are two types of people in the world: those who have no idea what a regular expression is, and those who not only know what they are but can compose them on the fly and tend to use them in ...