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Hi Doug, Forcing this 'site wide' might negatively impact the design flexibility of IP's who would like to allow this. An legitimate use of the 'directory listing' feature might be a site with many files, if they use descriptive filename (and no index.html) they don't have to edit an index page each time they add a file... In this case, site maintenance becomes much less work... dlp On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 aa935@chebucto.ns.ca wrote: > Hi David > > I guess I've been spoiled in my day job. There .../ defaults to index.htm. If > the file is not present, then a 'permission denied' error occurs. Could this > be a default redirect at CCN? The policy seems to be wide-spread throughout > the internet. > > Doug > > Quoting "David L. Potter" <potter@chebucto.ns.ca>: > > > > > We currently have a number of directories that do not have an index.html > > file... eg lists/ > > > > The result is anyone specifying this (type of) directory as a 'url' is > > presented with a directory listing which may include files, other > > directories, etc... in some instances this exposed files that are no longer > > > > current... > > > > --- > > > > A related policy/convention issues relates to the template element that > > displays the 'location' of a document... e.g. > > > > Home >> lists >> ccn-webmaster > > > > In this example 'home' is a link, I have inserted 'lists' but this leads > > back to the problem noted above, i.e. exposing files or directories that > > may or may not contain 'secure' or outdated information... > > > > Has there been any discussion about what is appropriate for this > > template element...? > > > > > > david potter > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This mail was sent through the Nova Scotia Provincial Server, > with technical resources provided by Chebucto Community Net. > http://nsaccess.ns.ca/mail/ http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/ >
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