On 1 July 2011 15:31, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> wrote:
>
> On Jul 1, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Paul Harris wrote:
>
>> On 1 July 2011 15:15, Marius Dumitru Florea
>> <mariusdumitru.flo...@xwiki.com> wrote:
>>> On 07/01/2011 08:33 AM, Paul Harris wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>
>>>> I notice that if I allow any logged on user to view the XWiki space, then
>>>> they can look at this page:
>>>>
>>>> /xwiki/AllDocs?view=index
>>>
>>> AllDocs page is in the Main space so its view access is not influenced
>>> by the rights you set on the XWiki space (i.e. that target the XWiki space).
>>>
>>
>> The XWiki space provides the access to the TableView and LiveTableViewResults
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Which shows all the page titles in all of the spaces, even if the user
>>>> doesn't have access to those pages!
>>>
>>> First of all, for me the first column called "Page" displays page names
>>> not page titles. Then, for pages I don't have view right there is no
>>> link and a star is displayed which is explained after the live-table:
>>>
>>> (*) Some documents require special rights to be viewed.
>>>
>>
>> I believe my point still stands... A user not authorised to see a page
>> should not be able to see the name of the page.   A user not
>> authorised to see a space should not be able to see the contents of a
>> space.
>>
>> For example, if two independent school groups were using two xwiki
>> spaces to build some design documents for their project, then both
>> groups could gain information on the other group's design by checking
>> out the page names.
>>
>> Eg I bet the Microsoft group would've loved to see some pages from the
>> Apple group named "iPod 4G specs" or something like that !!
>
> Not really... Apple really likes to play this game.... In this case it would 
> be done on purpose to simulate a leak and get the whole web excited! :)
>

indeed, although if they were using xwiki, it would not be possible to
hide that information!
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