[dokuwiki] Re: Suggested new config option: acceptable protocol handlers in links

  • From: Sander Tekelenburg <tekelenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:59:59 +0200

At 22:24 -0700 UTC, on 2007-06-16, Walter Rader wrote:

> Sander Tekelenburg wrote:

[...]

>  > what about the user experience? <snip>
>  > If suspect that if Dokuwiki isn't verbose
>  > enough about it, such a protection scheme could result in
>  > troubleshooting issues for Dokuwiki users and admins.
>
> Though I certainly have no evidence to back this up, I suspect
> anyone using an uncommon protocol handler in a link is one of
> two people:
>
> a) a user experienced enough to know what a protocol handler
>    is, and to contact the admin if it's not working
> b) a malicious user who will give up if it's not working

Agreed. I was thinking more of
c) user enters typo


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