Package: lintian Version: 2.5.86 Severity: minor
Hi, This is maybe a hot topic, so ask for comment A not so well know feature of html format is the DATA uri scheme that allow to embded some stuff like image in html file (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme). I am sure that base64 encoded stuff like image are not considered as prefered form of modification, and I believe that lintian should detect in source file this kind of use, in order to help ftpmaster work. They are also security implication and I think it is good to detect this kind of stuff. It is easy to implement: - first move to files.pm privacy-breach logic detection to common library (this one I need help) - detect the base64 encoding in privacy-breach logic - warn pedantically in files.pm for base64 and error in cruft.pm Any comments ? Bastien
