You are viewing a plain text version of this content. The canonical link for it is here.
Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by Czesław Wolański <cz...@gmail.com> on 2021/05/04 09:51:37 UTC

[DISCUSS] 4.1.10 Security Warning (resolved fixed BZ Issue 128451)

Hi all,

In today's post on English forum: "Hyperlink Warning Message"  [1]
a _question_ was asked about the possibility of turning off the security
message
"This hyperlink is going to open (...) Do you want to proceed?"

This is the kind of _question_ one would expect from users.

So I have a few questions:

- is / will ever be there a way to switch off this message? (at one's own
risk...)
- is there a need to amend the 4.1.10 Release Notes?
  (maybe additional information e.g. in the "Security" section)
- should contextual Help topic "Security Warning" be amended?
  (it deals with macro security)

Regards,
Czesław

[1]
"Hyperlink Warning Message"
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&p=510337&sid=6bf3e8aba6189198055535c18672b01c#p510337

[2]
Issue 128451 - Applications forward non-http(s) hyperlinks to the OS
without a warning
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128451

Re: [DISCUSS] 4.1.10 Security Warning (resolved fixed BZ Issue 128451)

Posted by Matthias Seidel <ma...@hamburg.de>.
Hi Czesław,

Am 04.05.21 um 14:06 schrieb Czesław Wolański:
> Hi Matthias, David,
>
> Am 04.05.21 um 13:46 schrieb Matthias Seidel
>> Looks like we should have an exeption for uno: links...
> And that's why I didn't provide the exact quote from the forum.

That was indeed a missing information...

Regards,

   Matthias

>
>
> Am 04.05.21 um 13:14 wrote David Robley:
>> The error message reported was
>> "This hyperlink is going to open “.uno:Reload”. Do you want to proceed?"
>>
>> Which seems a little uninformative, or cryptic to the casual user.
> What about even more - as you put it - cryptic message (Windows 7)?
>
> "This hyperlink is going to open "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice
> 4\share\template\en-US\internal\url_transfer.htm""
>
> Regards,
> Czesław
>
>
>
> Am Di., 4. Mai 2021 um 13:46 Uhr schrieb Matthias Seidel <
> matthias.seidel@hamburg.de>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Am 04.05.21 um 13:14 schrieb David Robley:
>>> The error message reported was
>>> "This hyperlink is going to open “.uno:Reload”. Do you want to proceed?"
>> Looks like we should have an exeption for uno: links...
>>
>> Matthias
>>
>>> Which seems a little uninformative, or cryptic to the casual user.
>>>
>>> On 4/5/21 7:21 pm, Czesław Wolański wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> In today's post on English forum: "Hyperlink Warning Message"  [1]
>>>> a _question_ was asked about the possibility of turning off the security
>>>> message
>>>> "This hyperlink is going to open (...) Do you want to proceed?"
>>>>
>>>> This is the kind of _question_ one would expect from users.
>>>>
>>>> So I have a few questions:
>>>>
>>>> - is / will ever be there a way to switch off this message? (at one's
>>>> own
>>>> risk...)
>>>> - is there a need to amend the 4.1.10 Release Notes?
>>>>    (maybe additional information e.g. in the "Security" section)
>>>> - should contextual Help topic "Security Warning" be amended?
>>>>    (it deals with macro security)
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Czesław
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> "Hyperlink Warning Message"
>>>>
>> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&p=510337&sid=6bf3e8aba6189198055535c18672b01c#p510337
>>>>
>>>> [2]
>>>> Issue 128451 - Applications forward non-http(s) hyperlinks to the OS
>>>> without a warning
>>>> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128451
>>>>
>>> Cheers
>>


Re: [DISCUSS] 4.1.10 Security Warning (resolved fixed BZ Issue 128451)

Posted by Czesław Wolański <cz...@gmail.com>.
Hi Matthias, David,

Am 04.05.21 um 13:46 schrieb Matthias Seidel
>Looks like we should have an exeption for uno: links...

And that's why I didn't provide the exact quote from the forum.


Am 04.05.21 um 13:14 wrote David Robley:
>The error message reported was
>"This hyperlink is going to open “.uno:Reload”. Do you want to proceed?"
>
>Which seems a little uninformative, or cryptic to the casual user.

What about even more - as you put it - cryptic message (Windows 7)?

"This hyperlink is going to open "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice
4\share\template\en-US\internal\url_transfer.htm""

Regards,
Czesław



Am Di., 4. Mai 2021 um 13:46 Uhr schrieb Matthias Seidel <
matthias.seidel@hamburg.de>:

> Hi,
>
> Am 04.05.21 um 13:14 schrieb David Robley:
> > The error message reported was
> > "This hyperlink is going to open “.uno:Reload”. Do you want to proceed?"
>
> Looks like we should have an exeption for uno: links...
>
> Matthias
>
> >
> > Which seems a little uninformative, or cryptic to the casual user.
> >
> > On 4/5/21 7:21 pm, Czesław Wolański wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> In today's post on English forum: "Hyperlink Warning Message"  [1]
> >> a _question_ was asked about the possibility of turning off the security
> >> message
> >> "This hyperlink is going to open (...) Do you want to proceed?"
> >>
> >> This is the kind of _question_ one would expect from users.
> >>
> >> So I have a few questions:
> >>
> >> - is / will ever be there a way to switch off this message? (at one's
> >> own
> >> risk...)
> >> - is there a need to amend the 4.1.10 Release Notes?
> >>    (maybe additional information e.g. in the "Security" section)
> >> - should contextual Help topic "Security Warning" be amended?
> >>    (it deals with macro security)
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Czesław
> >>
> >> [1]
> >> "Hyperlink Warning Message"
> >>
> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&p=510337&sid=6bf3e8aba6189198055535c18672b01c#p510337
> >>
> >>
> >> [2]
> >> Issue 128451 - Applications forward non-http(s) hyperlinks to the OS
> >> without a warning
> >> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128451
> >>
> >
> > Cheers
>
>

Re: [DISCUSS] 4.1.10 Security Warning (resolved fixed BZ Issue 128451)

Posted by Matthias Seidel <ma...@hamburg.de>.
Hi,

Am 04.05.21 um 13:14 schrieb David Robley:
> The error message reported was
> "This hyperlink is going to open “.uno:Reload”. Do you want to proceed?"

Looks like we should have an exeption for uno: links...

Matthias

>
> Which seems a little uninformative, or cryptic to the casual user.
>
> On 4/5/21 7:21 pm, Czesław Wolański wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In today's post on English forum: "Hyperlink Warning Message"  [1]
>> a _question_ was asked about the possibility of turning off the security
>> message
>> "This hyperlink is going to open (...) Do you want to proceed?"
>>
>> This is the kind of _question_ one would expect from users.
>>
>> So I have a few questions:
>>
>> - is / will ever be there a way to switch off this message? (at one's
>> own
>> risk...)
>> - is there a need to amend the 4.1.10 Release Notes?
>>    (maybe additional information e.g. in the "Security" section)
>> - should contextual Help topic "Security Warning" be amended?
>>    (it deals with macro security)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Czesław
>>
>> [1]
>> "Hyperlink Warning Message"
>> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&p=510337&sid=6bf3e8aba6189198055535c18672b01c#p510337
>>
>>
>> [2]
>> Issue 128451 - Applications forward non-http(s) hyperlinks to the OS
>> without a warning
>> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128451
>>
>
> Cheers


Re: [DISCUSS] 4.1.10 Security Warning (resolved fixed BZ Issue 128451)

Posted by David Robley <da...@robley.net.au>.
The error message reported was
"This hyperlink is going to open “.uno:Reload”. Do you want to proceed?"

Which seems a little uninformative, or cryptic to the casual user.

On 4/5/21 7:21 pm, Czesław Wolański wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In today's post on English forum: "Hyperlink Warning Message"  [1]
> a _question_ was asked about the possibility of turning off the security
> message
> "This hyperlink is going to open (...) Do you want to proceed?"
>
> This is the kind of _question_ one would expect from users.
>
> So I have a few questions:
>
> - is / will ever be there a way to switch off this message? (at one's own
> risk...)
> - is there a need to amend the 4.1.10 Release Notes?
>    (maybe additional information e.g. in the "Security" section)
> - should contextual Help topic "Security Warning" be amended?
>    (it deals with macro security)
>
> Regards,
> Czesław
>
> [1]
> "Hyperlink Warning Message"
> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&p=510337&sid=6bf3e8aba6189198055535c18672b01c#p510337
>
> [2]
> Issue 128451 - Applications forward non-http(s) hyperlinks to the OS
> without a warning
> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128451
>

Cheers
-- 
David Robley

I am, therefore I am (I don't draw conclusions).
  


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@openoffice.apache.org