- From: Jim Luther <luther.j@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:26:12 -0700
- To: WebDav <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
Julian's document covers that in the Security Considerations section <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-reschke-webdav-mount- latest.html#security.considerations>. Opening documents from a web page just by clicking on them is dangerous from a security standpoint -- displaying the contents of a collection is not dangerous. - Jim On Sep 26, 2005, at 10:38 AM, Jim Whitehead wrote: > In its current form, the document seems to focus too much on > something like Web Folders as the intended client. However, it > could be very powerful to have an "edit this page" button that either: > > - launches a WebDAV-enabled HTML editor (such as GoLive, > Dreamweaver, or Contribute) on the exact page to be edited > - mounts the WebDAV location (e.g., using the mounting mechanism on > the Mac, the drive mapping on the PC, etc.) and then fire up a text > editor or HTML editor on a specific file > > Supporting these scenarios would require a bit more mechanism in > the protocol than is currently present. For example, dm:open is > specified as a collection -- there is no way to specify the exact > resource URL to be opened for editing.
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