I don't know about anybody else - but that alone (the non existant security on their primary sale product) would make me a little reluctant to take their advice as experts. If you're going to advise people on web technologies, surely make sure you've got the very basics down on your own site first.
(That said I'm off to have a look at these pdf's anyway, a freeby's a freeby ;>) On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:36:22 +0800, Kay Smoljak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:10:17 +1000, Peter Tilbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes but that should be considered a "secret" URL and not divulged? > > They're not exactly hiding it... it's accessible straight from home > page. It *says* you need a password, but doesn't ask you for one at > *any* point. > > Syscon home page -> ColdFusion Developer's Journal -> Digital Edition > (right hand menu) -> Archives (link in the first paragraph) -> Pick a > volume/issue -> Download PDF. No password asked for at any point. You > can't access the online versions of the individual archives without a > password, but they're all there in the PDF anyway! > > Basically, if they don't want people who haven't paid to access the > PDF, then their security system is worse than a joke. It's been that > way for at least a couple of years now. > > -- > Kay Smoljak > http://kay.smoljak.com > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > -- Sean Bucklar [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Just say no to HTML/Rich text Email! / \ --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
