Re: (FWIW) A Few Additional Notes On Missing Link...
Re: (FWIW) A Few Additional Notes On Missing Link...
- Subject: Re: (FWIW) A Few Additional Notes On Missing Link...
- From: Oz Springs <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 19:24:31 +0100
There is a problem opening the .sit file: I still get an error message (same as with the first version). I emailed you a screenshot of the error message box a couple of days ago.
What version of Stuffit are you using?
At 12:32 PM -0500 1/7/04, Peter Bunn wrote:
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With the hope of clarification...
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Since the firestorm on this list in March, Missing Link's method of
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operation has been substantially changed. The old version (which was
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shown by list members to have certain definite vulnerabilities) has been
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removed from circulation. The current version is 2.01. If you find
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time, take a look and please let me know (preferably off-list) if you see
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potential vulnerabilities in this version.
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http://www.mhtc.net/~bunnz/scriptlink.html
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Missing Link now handles local URLs in absolute form -
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Protocol Name:Mac HD/Users/username/Library/Application
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Support/Missing_Link_Support/User Approved Folder/File or Alias
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...where the protocol name, disk name, short user name, approved folder
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name and file name are all supplied by the user. In addition, the
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'approved folder(s)' must in fact be manually created and then entered
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via a dialog which sets a property within the Missing Link application.
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If the URL address points anywhere but to a user approved folder, the URL
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fails... with an 'invalid location' dialog.
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Links relative to user approved folders may also be used, but in this
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case, the protocol name, the approved folder name, and of course, the
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target item name within the folder must all be supplied in the URL.
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It is recommended that an approved folder _NOT_ be used as a direct
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download folder... and that for obvious reasons, names of user approved
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items _NOT_ be revealed casually.
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I have found Missing Link to be of use locally... and thought others
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might find it of use also... which is the only reason I've persisted with
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it. I don't believe - in present form - it represents any sort of overt
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security risk... but the question of its inherent utility remains open.
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Anyways.
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Thanks For Your Time.
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Peter Bunn
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