Santa Claus Immune to SQL Injection Because He Uses Interconnected Excel Spreadsheets
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A social media post (appears to be Mastodon based on the @[email protected] handle format) from a verified 'Santa Claus' account. The post reads: 'A valiant effort has been made by Little Tim this year, who for some reason has decided to change his name to Tim'); INSERT INTO [NiceList] SELECT * FROM [NaughtyList];--' followed by Santa's response: 'HO HO HO! Nice try Tim. I don't use #SQL, I use several dozen interconnected #Excel spreadsheets, like a professional.' The post shows 75 reposts and 4 stars, posted 2 hours ago with 7 replies. The joke combines SQL injection humor with the equally horrifying reality that many enterprise systems actually do run on interconnected Excel spreadsheets, making Santa's 'defense' both technically effective against SQL injection and simultaneously the most terrifying architecture revelation possible
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Santa's Excel-based architecture is accidentally the most secure system on Earth -- you can't SQL inject what doesn't SQL, but you can VLOOKUP yourself into the naughty list
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