BTW you can't run arbitrary programs from a link like this anyway. It's easy enough to force a link to be opened via javascript, so if this were true it'd be an enormous hole.
Joshua > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kirwoodd > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ydn-delicious] Re: Tagging local files > > Is there a security risk involved with this ability? For exampe, what > if a user tags the url: > file://c:\windows\system32\format c: > and then sends it to other users who click on it? > > Although, the ability to tag any arbitrary protocol is nice. > > --- In [email protected], "orlowskisven" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am quite new when it comes to using del.icio.us and I have got a > > question: > > > > I would like to use the tool to tag and to link to local files like > e.g. > > c:\temp\example.doc > > > > Is there any way to do this and if yes, how? > > > > Many thanks in advance > > Sven > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
