On 09/06/11 02:11, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Scott & others,
>
> From: Scott Ferguson
> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:07:01 +1000
>> I seem to remember a number of URL handling exploits that could cause a
>> problem (if they still exist).
>
> All the admonitions about security have been hypothetic
Scott,
> These are the links that don't work (for one reason or another):-
Thanks, I'll repair, ... Peter E.
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On 06/08/2011 11:25 AM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
* From: Ron Johnson
* Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:37:25 -0500
By the way, "Native Oberon" the Niklaus Wirth OS?
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Oberon";
And it runs Firefox?
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* From: Ron Johnson
* Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:37:25 -0500
> By the way, "Native Oberon" the Niklaus Wirth OS?
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Oberon";
Regards, ... Peter E.
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Scott & others,
From: Scott Ferguson
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:07:01 +1000
> I seem to remember a number of URL handling exploits that could cause a
> problem (if they still exist).
All the admonitions about security have been hypothetical.
Nobody has painted a convincing picture of a possi
On 08/06/11 09:13, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Hello Axel,
>
> From: Axel Freyn
> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:40:22 +0200
>> I have no webserver at hand, so I haven't tested ...
>
> But you don't need a server. You only need to find a link, on any
> server anywhere, which targets a file URI. The
Eduardo,
From: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:32:35 -0300
> Probably because ~ is not a magical token in the Linux kernel. Firefox
> is just trying to open a file "/~/Category2.html", a file in a
> directory literally called "~" under root.
>
> Several programs (notably t
Hello Axel,
From: Axel Freyn
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:40:22 +0200
> I have no webserver at hand, so I haven't tested ...
But you don't need a server. You only need to find a link, on any
server anywhere, which targets a file URI. Then duplicate the file
in your own system. Use a link o
From: Liam O'Toole
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:09:58 + (UTC)
> ... lynx opens the file ...
Thanks. I didn't try lynx.
> ... issue of iceweasel opening file:// links from http:// documents.
Suppose you have the valid file Category2.html in your home directory.
Using File > Open File, Ice
Carl,
From: Carl Fink
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:52:43 -0400
> "http" is a protocol.
Kinda figured that. Where are you getting http? The error in the
original question was corrected in this message.
"http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/06/msg00340.html";
Regards,
On Ter, 07 Jun 2011, Liam O'Toole wrote:
The URL file:///~/Category2.html cannot be loaded by iceweasel in my
case (iceweasel 4 on squeeze). I only see the message "File not found
... Iceweasel can't find the file at /~/Category2.html." Interestingly,
lynx opens the file without grumbling, but th
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:12:46 -0800, peasthope wrote:
> From: Camaleon
> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:34:24 + (UTC)
>> Can you give a concrete example of your goal?
>
> In your home directory, make a file named Category2.html containing any
> valid html text. The example you gave in your earlie
On 07/06/11 19:09, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On 2011-06-06, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
>> From:Camaleon
>> Date:Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:34:24 + (UTC)
>>> Can you give a concrete example of your goal?
>>
>> In your home directory, make a file named Category2.html containing any
>> vali
On 2011-06-06, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> From: Camaleon
> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:34:24 + (UTC)
>> Can you give a concrete example of your goal?
>
> In your home directory, make a file named Category2.html containing any
> valid html text. The example you gave in your earlier reply will
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 01:12:46PM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> From: Camaleon
> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:34:24 + (UTC)
> > Can you give a concrete example of your goal?
>
> In your home directory, make a file named Category2.html containing any
> valid html text. The example you gav
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 04:39:42PM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> From: Ron Johnson
> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:37:25 -0500
> Quite possible. If someone can point out the error in my file URI,
> that will really help. If someone can tell me how to fix it, so
> much the better.
"file" is a
From: Ron Johnson
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:37:25 -0500
> Could it be that Native Oberon works differently than Linux + FF do?
Yes, my examples show a difference. NO opens the file URI. Iceweasel does not.
> Nope. Just your understanding.
Quite possible. If someone can point out the erro
* From: "Carl Fink"
* Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:30:21 -0400
> The first is a valid URL now, if you have a web server on your local box.
> The second is not valid under the definition of URLs.
My message at Mon, 6 Jun 2011 09:58:42 -0800 corrected the URI to
file://localhost/home/pete
On 06/06/11 at 12:27pm, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> From: William Hopkins
> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:21:08 -0400
> > Since the file protocol method already specifies path-based navigation,
> > what is the benefit?
>
> There is a menu of frequently used files and links on my Web server.
> Updat
On 06/06/2011 04:12 PM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
From: Camaleon
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:34:24 + (UTC)
Can you give a concrete example of your goal?
In your home directory, make a file named Category2.html containing any
valid html text. The example you gave in your earlier reply wil
From: Camaleon
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:34:24 + (UTC)
> Can you give a concrete example of your goal?
In your home directory, make a file named Category2.html containing any
valid html text. The example you gave in your earlier reply will be fine.
Open "http://members.shaw.ca/peastho
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:18:40 -0800, peasthope wrote:
> From: Camaleon
> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:13:58 + (UTC)
>> ... that should work from local ...
>
> It does; and my interest is to have a menu of frequently used files and
> links ... on a Web server.
Okay.
>> I'm afraid that for secu
From: William Hopkins
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:21:08 -0400
> Since the file protocol method already specifies path-based navigation, what
> is the benefit?
There is a menu of frequently used files and links on my Web server.
Update that one text. Access it from any machine at any locatio
From: Camaleon
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:13:58 + (UTC)
> ... that should work from local ...
It does; and my interest is to have a menu of frequently used files and
links ... on a Web server.
> I'm afraid that for security reasons it is blocked from remote sites.
I don't understand. A
On 06/06/11 at 09:58am, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> From: Camaleon
> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:48:05 + (UTC)
> > You mean you want the browser automatically jumps to "file://localhost/
> > home/peter/blah.html" when it cannot reach "http://localhost/home/peter/
> > blah.html"?
>
> Oops. An er
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:58:42 -0800, peasthope wrote:
> From: Camaleon
> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:48:05 + (UTC)
>> You mean you want the browser automatically jumps to "file://localhost/
>> home/peter/blah.html" when it cannot reach
>> "http://localhost/home/peter/ blah.html"?
>
> Oops. An
From: Camaleon
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:48:05 + (UTC)
> You mean you want the browser automatically jumps to "file://localhost/
> home/peter/blah.html" when it cannot reach "http://localhost/home/peter/
> blah.html"?
Oops. An error in my question. Should have been this.
Suppose there
On 06/06/11 19:27, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> Iceweasel 3.5.16 is working in Squeeze here. Using the menue,
> File > Open File, it opens /home/peter/blah.html. The URI
> displayed is "file:///home/peter/blah.html". Alternatively,
> the file can be opened by typing or pasting that URI into the
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:27:41 -0800, peasthope wrote:
> Iceweasel 3.5.16 is working in Squeeze here. Using the menue, File >
> Open File, it opens /home/peter/blah.html. The URI displayed is
> "file:///home/peter/blah.html". Alternatively, the file can be opened
> by typing or pasting that URI i
On Mon, June 6, 2011 1:27 pm, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> There is a third possibility. Suppose there is a Web page containing
> a link anchored at either http://localhost/home/peter/blah.html or
> http:///home/peter/blah.html. Seems reasonable and straightforward
> for this method of opening a
Iceweasel 3.5.16 is working in Squeeze here. Using the menue,
File > Open File, it opens /home/peter/blah.html. The URI
displayed is "file:///home/peter/blah.html". Alternatively,
the file can be opened by typing or pasting that URI into the
window.
There is a third possibility. Suppose th
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