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Subject: Re: adding user failed
From: u+codalist-p4pg () chalmers ! se
Date: 2007-02-28 20:27:07
Message-ID: 20070228202707.GC31101 () pappardelle ! tekno ! chalmers ! se
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I think Jan made a very good explanation of the reasons
for path name globality.
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 02:41:14PM -0500, Jan Harkes wrote:
> I view it like locally renaming http:// to internets:// in such a way
> that from then on any link you select on a webpage, or in an email fails
> because the browser no longer understands 'http://',
Exactly.
> I guess for some systems this could be viewed as a security feature.
Honestly, I never heard of a browser implementing such a "security feature" :)
The reason is probably that roughly the same level of inconvenience
with a lot higher security improvement is achievable by blocking web
traffic at a firewall instead.
Same with Coda. It is not "for intranet only", it is like the Web.
Thanks Jan!
Rune
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