Bug#715804: Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible

2013-07-24 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 10:09:48PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder a écrit : > > > On my side, I think that the current practice is not to serve /doc by > > default, > > and I therefore second the proposition of Thomas to remove point 2 of > > chapter > > 11.5. > > > > Are there other seconds or objectio

Bug#715804: Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible

2013-07-21 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Charles Plessy wrote: > On my side, I think that the current practice is not to serve /doc by default, > and I therefore second the proposition of Thomas to remove point 2 of chapter > 11.5. > > Are there other seconds or objections ? Seconded. Thanks, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

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2013-07-21 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#715804: Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible

2013-07-21 Thread Charles Plessy
tag 715804 patch thanks Le Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 08:06:33AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > Le Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 01:24:45AM +0800, Thomas Goirand a écrit : > > > > The Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible > > through the web (see point 3 of chapter 11.5), though it h

Bug#715804: Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible

2013-07-13 Thread Charles Plessy
Hello, I am contacting you because you are listed as maintainer of a package that provides the httpd virtual package. (grep-aptavail -F Provides httpd) The Debian Policy currently specifies that /usr/share/doc/“package” is served on localhost by web servers. This has been discontinued with apach

Bug#715804: Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible

2013-07-11 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 07/11/2013 03:19 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Thomas Goirand writes: > >> I agree with the removal, though I would also add a quick note saying >> that we *used* to have access to /doc with web servers on localhost, but >> it was removed, with a link to >> http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-

Bug#715804: Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible

2013-07-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Thomas Goirand writes: > I agree with the removal, though I would also add a quick note saying > that we *used* to have access to /doc with web servers on localhost, but > it was removed, with a link to > http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2452. Something like: I don't think that's a good i

Bug#715804: Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible

2013-07-11 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 07/11/2013 07:06 AM, Charles Plessy wrote: > user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org > usertags 715804 normative discussion > thanks > > Le Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 01:24:45AM +0800, Thomas Goirand a écrit : >> Package: debian-policy >> Severity: important >> >> The Debian policy for web apps still

Bug#715804: Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible

2013-07-10 Thread David Prévot
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, Le 10/07/2013 19:06, Charles Plessy a écrit : > I note that /doc was only to be served locally. How did that cause security > issues ? - if some front-end server on the same host forwards connections to an apache2 backend server on the

Bug#715804: Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible

2013-07-10 Thread Charles Plessy
user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org usertags 715804 normative discussion thanks Le Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 01:24:45AM +0800, Thomas Goirand a écrit : > Package: debian-policy > Severity: important > > The Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible > through the web (see point

Bug#715804: Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible

2013-07-10 Thread Thomas Goirand
Package: debian-policy Severity: important The Debian policy for web apps still references /doc as accessible through the web (see point 3 of chapter 11.5), though it has been removed for security reasons. The policy should be updated. Thomas Goirand (zigo) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-p