Leave original link but just don't add it to PopularLinks.

On 8/31/10, Ethan Jewett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oh, I see. Yes, that would make sense. So we would just leave the
> original link in there, right?
>
> Ethan
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Richard Hirsch <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> I agree with the solution of just removing those links that originate in
>> pools.
>>
>> D.
>>
>> On 8/31/10, Vassil Dichev <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> OK, I think this is a worse example, because there are many ways to
>>> find a list of URLs in a wiki (which were generally just not designed
>>> with privacy/security in mind).
>>>
>>> If you're willing to sacrifice convenience for security, the easiest
>>> change is not to parse URLs in messages in pools- it will appear as
>>> normal text, not as a hyperlink. The next thing we can do is set up a
>>> different type of URL which doesn't take you to the shortened URL, but
>>> directly to the target URL.
>>>
>>> If one really insists on shortening URLs in pools, then there must be
>>> one set of shortened URLs per pool. I don't think anyone will claim
>>> that this idea makes sense.
>>>
>>> Vassil
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Ethan Jewett <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I agree in theory with your assessment of the google docs situation,
>>>> but I still think we're violating the expectation of security around
>>>> pools.
>>>>
>>>> Take another example: An HR department is using a secure wiki to
>>>> discuss and organize an upcoming layoff. The wiki page is titled
>>>> "October layoff planning" and the URL is
>>>> https://hrwiki.corp.internal/October-layoff-planning. Someone posts
>>>> this URL to the layoff-planning pool on esme (the same group of people
>>>> with access to the wiki page) and a bunch of people in the pool click
>>>> on it. Suddenly, the upcoming layoff has been announced to every esme
>>>> user in the corporation. Whoops!
>>>>
>>>> The point is, maybe that private information shouldn't be in the URL,
>>>> but a lot of applications do this whether or not it is a good idea. I
>>>> think we need to take that reality into account and change the way
>>>> this works to avoid the possibility of these scenarios.
>>>>
>>>> Ethan
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, August 31, 2010, Vassil Dichev <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Ethan, this defeats the purpose of having an URL shortener and it only
>>>>> gives you a false sense of security. Read my previous mail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Links have no notion of a pool. A link could come from messages in
>>>>> different pools or it might not be clicked "inside a message" at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know what you think.
>>>>>
>>>>> Vassil
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Ethan Jewett <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> [Changed subject to start a new thread. Was: "New issues - a couple of
>>>>>> blockers for 1.1 release"]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's correct. The "Popular messages" functionality just keeps a
>>>>>> counter of how many times a message has been resent. If you look at
>>>>>> the UserActor.scala, lines 197 & 198, you'll see that the statistic
>>>>>> "ResendStat" is incremented when a message is resent, but only if the
>>>>>> message is not in a pool. Then when we want to find out what the most
>>>>>> popular messages are, we ask the PopStatsActor - for example in the
>>>>>> "popular" method of UserSnip.scala - line 213.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the other hand, the "LinkClicked is incremented in UrlStore.scala -
>>>>>> line 40. Here there is never a check to see if the link came from a
>>>>>> message in a pool. (This counter is used in the "links" method in
>>>>>> UserSnip.scala, after the "popular" method.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think we need to check if a link came from a pool before
>>>>>> incrementing the counter, but in order to do this we need to record
>>>>>> what pool a link belonged to, so I think we need to make pool part of
>>>>>> the key of the UrlStore object and then populate this field when a new
>>>>>> link is created.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ethan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Imtiaz Ahmed H E
>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> In the home when I type in a message sharing it with one pool and
>>>>>>> click
>>>>>>> resend it does not show up in Popular Messages. But if the message is
>>>>>>> public
>>>>>>> it shows up on resend in Popular Pessages.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you explain. Haven't gotten to Popular Links yet.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Imtiaz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ethan Jewett"
>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:37 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: New issues - a couple of blockers for 1.1 release
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The issue doesn't happen with Popular Messages, only with Popular
>>>>>>> Links.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I need to look into the implementation, but I have a feeling the
>>>>>>> Popular Links issue is going to be a headache. I believe that for a
>>>>>>> given link there is no way to tell what message it shows up in, which
>>>>>>> would make it impossible to tell if it is a link from a pooled
>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>> or not. We may have to modify the data model for storing links to
>>>>>>> flag
>>>>>>> the ones that started out in a pooled message...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regarding Pubsubhubbub, as Dick said, there's no hurry. I don't think
>>>>>>> I'll be working on it over the next couple of weeks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for all your efforts!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ethan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:20 AM, Imtiaz Ahmed H E
>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Re https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ESME-267
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I haven't tried this but plan to fix it right away.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tell me, is it only the links showing up in 'Popular Links' or is
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> problem with the message itself also showing up in 'PopularMessages'
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Looks like I'll never get going with pubsubhubub ! First there was
>>>>>>>> Dick's
>>>>>>>> Release Planning mail with the pending 1.1 issues and now here are
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> more. Plan to get going after all 1.1 ending issues are resolved.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> However, Ethan it was your issue originally and if you feel you want
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> take
>>>>>>>> it back again to push it to closure faster or something please do,
>>>>>>>> otherwise
>>>>>>>> I'll re-start on it once 1.1 is done...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Imtiaz
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hirsch"
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> To: <
>>>>
>>>
>>
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