On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 03:27:15PM -0800, John Dowdell wrote: > At 6:38 AM 11/27/2, Adam Fields wrote: > >ARGH! Tell me this isn't another great Macromedia tool totally > >crippled by lack of any awareness that the world should be using > >encrypted protocols for anything involving write permissions... > > Macromedia Contribute is an easy way for any permitted individual to change > permitted parts of normal HTML files through normal FTP transfer or local > network access. > > If you want to add approval atop that, then have them work off an internal > staging server, and then you can approve the final secure push live.
But you're missing the point here. I haven't used it, but since it doesn't offer support for encrypted protocols, Macromedia Contribute is an easy way for non-permitted individuals to compromise the passwords to write access to a website. In some cases, this is just fine and you don't care. But it's hardly "professional". This has nothing to do with approval - this is about preventing unauthorized write access to your website. Passwords with plaintext protocols simply aren't good enough anymore. > For Thomas, you're right, new tools usually evolve rapidly. We're currently > prioritizing which versioning, approval, and security systems are most > important to people. If this matters to you, could you drop a note saying > you need WebDAV to http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform? > Thanks. Not to harp on this here, because I generally like your products, but you folks are now >years< behind on this. We shouldn't have to request this - it's self-evident. Support SFTP or WebDAV over HTTPS - two perfectly good industry standards for encrypted communications. -- - Adam ----- Adam Fields, Managing Partner, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Surgam, Inc. is a technology consulting firm with strong background in delivering scalable and robust enterprise web and IT applications. http://www.adamfields.com -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
