Paths, relative paths, webstar server setup and security

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1997

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texte = We're setting up the public webserver and want to make sure we optimizeWebStar and WebCatalog security features and folder hierarchies. Are their any security gotcha's that we need to look out for (like beingable to type www.mydomain.com/webstar.log and displaying a list of allhits on the site, or competitors typing in www.mydomain.com/items.db andgetting a dump of our hard-earned database)?Also, for neatnicks who like to organize everything into folders, whatWebCatalog files have to be together? Do databases have to be in thesame folder as Webstar or WebCatalog or the templates that use them(I've never seen a relative path to a database in examples)?This server will be running WebStar 2.1 and WebStar SSL, Web Merchantand MacAuthorize.Thanks!Sandy Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Paths, relative paths, webstar server setup and security (Mac) (Sandra L. Pitner 1997) Re: Paths, relative paths, webstar server setup and security (Mac) (Sandra L. Pitner 1997) Re: Paths, relative paths, webstar server setup and security (Mac) (Grant Hulbert 1997) Paths, relative paths, webstar server setup and security (Sandra L. Pitner 1997)

We're setting up the public webserver and want to make sure we optimizeWebStar and WebCatalog security features and folder hierarchies. Are their any security gotcha's that we need to look out for (like beingable to type www.mydomain.com/webstar.log and displaying a list of allhits on the site, or competitors typing in www.mydomain.com/items.db andgetting a dump of our hard-earned database)?Also, for neatnicks who like to organize everything into folders, whatWebCatalog files have to be together? Do databases have to be in thesame folder as Webstar or WebCatalog or the templates that use them(I've never seen a relative path to a database in examples)?This server will be running WebStar 2.1 and WebStar SSL, Web Merchantand MacAuthorize.Thanks!Sandy Sandra L. Pitner

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