Hi, Alfredo:

It seems like you already made the change I was proposing.  As far as I can
see this is safe, but anyone reading this, do comment if you experience
problems.

Cheers,


Tony

On 25 June 2018 at 12:04, Tony Atkins <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi, Gio.
>
> Thanks for pointing this out.  Browse permission for anonymous users is
> normal for most of our work, as we document much of our work and decisions
> in public.
>
> It took longer to untangle the other and understand more of what's going
> on, but as far as I can see, anonymous users don't really use or need
> permission to transition issues.
>
> Viewing various issues without logging in, I haven't yet found an issue
> where I can anonymously transition an issue.  Looking at the workflow used
> by the GPII project (and most other projects), I see that most of the
> transitions have associated conditions which check for additional
> permissions beyond simply being able to transition the issue.  So, even
> though an anonymous user theoretically has permission, in practice it
> really seems like they can't use that permission in most projects.
>
> The UX project is the only project where I can see anonymous users
> transitioning issues.  I can see that project uses its own permission
> scheme, which does not grant permission to transition issues to anonymous
> users.  They somehow are transitioning issues anonymously without that
> permission (I suspect a plugin of some kind, as they do give the
> "automation" group permission).
>
> Since no one seems to actually need that permission, I would suggest
> removing anonymous users' permission to transition issues from the default
> permission scheme used by the GPII project.  I am copying the architecture
> team for wider input, if there are no objections I will make this change
> later in the week.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Tony
>
> On 22 June 2018 at 19:59, Tirloni, Giovanni <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>   While acessing the GPII JIRA, I noticed hundreds of status updates by
>> an anonymous user, like this one:
>>
>>     https://issues.gpii.net/browse/UX-37
>>
>>   It seems that the "Anyone" group has access to transition and browse
>> issues in various permission schemas:
>>
>>     https://issues.gpii.net/secure/admin/ViewPermissionSchemes.jspa
>>
>>   Just a heads up in case this isn't expected.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Giovanni
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