RE: [suse-security] apache + mod_frontpage
Hi Ruprecht,
From: Ruprecht Helms [mailto:rhelms@mayn.de] Hi Thorsten Marsen,
Be aware to
make a decision about Extensions 2000 *OR* 2002 - I think 2002 is much more safe - and may be strongly recommened for that - but requires a httpd-Patch!
That is a very big reason for nontaking frontpage. Others are the blowing up of html-pages with ms-special-commands. And the third, relating to the last - you need extensions to execute such sites and you can only upload the pages from frontpage.
From a security point of view I totally agree with you.
Other editors (Dreamweaver, Quanta, asWedit, ...) produces normal site without the above mentioned bullshit of extensions and you need not especially ms-extensions for running and you can upload the pages via ftp.
Yeah, but sometimes clients just ignore any "wise-guy-talk". And after all, as a system administrator you're supposed to serve your clients. So if a client wants to use Frontpage (ignoring all warnings and rational thinking), you can either say no and loose this client or enable the Frontpage Extensions on your webserver. The choice is yours. And even if a system administrator wants to enable the Frontpage Extensions for his/her Apache webserver, there's no need to start flaming. And really cool websites are written with vi and best viewed with lynx. Forget about Macromedia Dreamweaver and all the other bloatware ;-)
Regards, Ruprecht
Regards, Stefan
Hi Philippe Vogel,
And really cool websites are written with vi and best viewed with lynx.
hardcore-webediting a littlebit "sado maso", but it works :-)
I don't think it is "sado maso" what ever that is for you. Fact is you have to spend a little more time that producing with a wysiwyg-editor. But by hardcore-webediting users with analog-connection via 28.8k-modems or users in sience- and researching-areas which works on workstation will be thankful. Remember that pictures should be less than 50k in size. Optimizing for lynx can also work with CSS. You should not forget some alt-parts for pictures and things that lynx are not able to show. Regards, Ruprecht ---------------------------------- Ruprecht Helms IT-Service und Softwareentwicklung Tel/Fax.: +49[0]7621 16 99 16 Homepage: http://www.rheyn.de email: info@rheyn.de ----------------------------------
Hi Peer Stefan,
Yeah, but sometimes clients just ignore any "wise-guy-talk".
These clients you can't help. I drop down such in this case.
And really cool websites are written with vi and best viewed with lynx. Forget about Macromedia Dreamweaver and all the other bloatware ;-)
Here you are absolutely right. That are one of the best pages. I'm sorry that a lot of pages aren't written with less code and optimezed to view with all bowsers including lynx. Result - the folk are asked to use DSL to speed up the internet- connection to get the blowed up pages within a for humans normal time. Regards, Ruprecht
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Peer Stefan
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Philippe Vogel
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Ruprecht Helms