diff doc/customizing.txt @ 4088:34434785f308

Plug a number of security holes: - EditCSV and ExportCSV altered to include permission checks - HTTP POST required on actions which alter data - HTML file uploads served as application/octet-stream - New item action reject creation of new users - Item retirement was not being controlled Additionally include documentation of the changes and modify affected tests.
author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
date Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:25:03 +0000
parents be9122d753c5
children 72463e22640d
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--- a/doc/customizing.txt	Tue Mar 10 21:01:20 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/customizing.txt	Thu Mar 12 02:25:03 2009 +0000
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@
   LC_MESSAGES, or LANG, in that order of preference.
 
 Section **web**
+ allow_html_file -- ``no``
+  Setting this option enables Roundup to serve uploaded HTML
+  file content *as HTML*. This is a potential security risk
+  and is therefore disabled by default. Set to 'yes' if you
+  trust *all* users uploading content to your tracker.
+
  http_auth -- ``yes``
   Whether to use HTTP Basic Authentication, if present.
   Roundup will use either the REMOTE_USER or HTTP_AUTHORIZATION

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