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Node.js ReDoS example
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redos.js
// for more info about ReDoS, see:
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReDoS
var r = /([a-z]+)+$/
var s = 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!'
console.log('Running regular expression... please wait')
console.time('benchmark')
r.test(s)
console.timeEnd('benchmark')
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