Re: BadSuffix with 2.1b3 cgi
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 15253
interpreted = N
texte = >I have been running the 2.0 CGI happily for a while, with .tmpl and .html >mapped to WEBCATCGI. I just replaced the CGI with 2.1b3, now suddenly all >html pages return an unknown error occurred: BadSuffix. The .tmpl pages >serve up fine.First off, you skipped an upgrade in there: 2.0.1 has a new ErrorMessages.db that will display the correct wording on that error message (and its new admin pages let you administer the file suffixes it's allowed to display).As an additional security precaution, WebCatalog 2.0.1 and up let you decide what file suffixes are allowed to be remotely displayed. That way hackers can't download your .db files by just creating a URL that leads to the raw file (there ar a bunch of other precautions in there; that's just one example).Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>I have been running the 2.0 CGI happily for a while, with .tmpl and .html >mapped to WEBCATCGI. I just replaced the CGI with 2.1b3, now suddenly all >html pages return an unknown error occurred: BadSuffix. The .tmpl pages >serve up fine.First off, you skipped an upgrade in there: 2.0.1 has a new ErrorMessages.db that will display the correct wording on that error message (and its new admin pages let you administer the file suffixes it's allowed to display).As an additional security precaution, WebCatalog 2.0.1 and up let you decide what file suffixes are allowed to be remotely displayed. That way hackers can't download your .db files by just creating a URL that leads to the raw file (there ar a bunch of other precautions in there; that's just one example).Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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