在 2017年04月18日 19:27, Ashley Sheridan 写道:

On 18 April 2017 12:18:57 BST, duanyao <duan...@ustc.edu> wrote:
在 2017年04月18日 18:52, Ashley Sheridan 写道:
Maybe no. "files" is a generic word, so if you make every
"xxx_files/"
folders magical, it's quite possible that there are folders happen
to
ends with "_files" but are not intented to be local web apps. If you
require a `xxx.html` to make "xxx_files/" magical, it is a little
awkward and confusing for muli-page app.

This is why I propose a new (and unlikely already used) pattern
`xxx_webrun/` for more powerful muli-page app, and limit
`xxx_files/`
to
single page app.

In single page app case, it would be more common that `test.html`
gets
`test_files\page{2|3}.html` via XHR and renders the latter in place,
instead of navigating to it.
So the latter don't need to access `test_files\config.json`
themselves.
*any* magic behavior is a sure-fire sign that something is wrong(TM)
Maybe. But there are occasions where magic is unavoidable. E.g. how to
infer the MIME type of a file? filename extension? magic numbers? all
are magic.

If the barrier is not high enough, name it `xxx__webrun__/`.
But when you're talking about security, which we are, relying on magic anything 
is potentially disastrous.

You mention mime types and file extensions, both of which are not safe to rely 
on for anything related to security, hence there being entire libraries and 
frameworks to attempt to determine and test a files real type (windows still 
fails abysmally in this area though).
Those libraries and frameworks *will* fail because it is entirely possible that a file is conformant to multiple formats simultaneously.
Also the methodology use by those libraries and frameworks is magic.


Just relying on magic filenames *will* fail. Consider the scenario where a file 
is accidentally copied over the original entry html. Now it's associated with 
the wrong directory of assets and other 'linked' files. This new html entry 
point file could easily be an exploited file, looking to grab whatever data is 
being held locally on your machine.
Sure it is possible, but usually the damage is limited because the entry file can only access a limited folder `XXX_files`. By accidentally overriding a html file, you already cause a data loss in the first place.

Thanks,
Ash
Thanks,
Ash



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