# Input Validation / Input Flexibility

> "input-validation" (security-core layer) is traded against "Input Flexibility" (security-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Input Flexibility" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:input-flexibility-input-validation`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-input-flexibility-input-validation

## tensions-with

- [Input Validation](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/input-validation.md)
- [Input Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/input-flexibility.md)