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Posted to dev@tapestry.apache.org by bw...@apache.org on 2006/04/26 03:02:55 UTC

svn commit: r397037 - /tapestry/tapestry4/branches/4.0/src/documentation/content/xdocs/UsersGuide/friendly-urls.xml

Author: bwallace
Date: Tue Apr 25 18:02:50 2006
New Revision: 397037

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=397037&view=rev
Log:
[TAPESTRY-843] Added warning about security and friendly URLs

Modified:
    tapestry/tapestry4/branches/4.0/src/documentation/content/xdocs/UsersGuide/friendly-urls.xml

Modified: tapestry/tapestry4/branches/4.0/src/documentation/content/xdocs/UsersGuide/friendly-urls.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/tapestry/tapestry4/branches/4.0/src/documentation/content/xdocs/UsersGuide/friendly-urls.xml?rev=397037&r1=397036&r2=397037&view=diff
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--- tapestry/tapestry4/branches/4.0/src/documentation/content/xdocs/UsersGuide/friendly-urls.xml (original)
+++ tapestry/tapestry4/branches/4.0/src/documentation/content/xdocs/UsersGuide/friendly-urls.xml Tue Apr 25 18:02:50 2006
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@
     ambitious, but more limited, patch was required). 
     </p>
     
+    <warning>
+      For security purposes, enabling friendly URLs implies that pages are no longer
+      accessible via their ugly URL counterpart. This is not the case. If a malevolent user
+      can either guess - or via cookies identify - your servlet path, they can construct an
+      ugly URL to a resource that is protected via security and gain access to the protected
+      resource.
+    </warning>
     <p>
     Friendly URLs are divided into two concerns:
     </p>



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