Hi,

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 09:48, Paul Harris <harris...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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!


Yes they would. They'd use XWiki Enterprise Manager to have one wiki per
group is security was paramount ;-)

Guillaume
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