Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:50:03 -0800 (PST) From: "J.C. Frazier" <wolfman@csocs.com> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/15873: New Apache_fp+php+mod_ssl-1.3.9+3.0.12+2.4.8 port. Message-ID: <200001050050.QAA58586@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/15873; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "J.C. Frazier" <wolfman@csocs.com> To: Dirk Froemberg <dirk@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/15873: New Apache_fp+php+mod_ssl-1.3.9+3.0.12+2.4.8 port. Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 17:50:44 -0700 Frontpage extensions had been known to be very insecure and buggy during the Frontpage 98 (version 3.0) days. By using the Apache patch/mod_frontpage (version 4.0, FP 2000) along with the extentions a very high degree of security has now been obtained. None of the former bugs, such as viewing of private and _vti files and directory comprimises, are there anymore. We have many customers that use Frontpage Extensions in their pages and mod_dav doesn't cut it, sorry. Sometimes full extention features are needed by my users such as timers, counters, text effects, page searches, and form handlers. The extensions make this possible for beginners and people who can't code and don't know how to set up complicated scripts. FreeBSD users need to be able to have the freedom to choose which methods they use and which distributions they run. J.C. Frazier Dirk Froemberg wrote: > Hi! > > We don't need more apache* ports, but less. ;-) > > The M$ frontpage extensions is known to be very buggy and insecure > (e. g. warez in _vti_* directories). This is why I didn't include > them into apache13-php3. > > AFAIK FrontPage 2000 and Office 2000 support DAV which is available > as /usr/ports/www/mod_dav. So FP extensions aren't needed anymore... > > Regards Dirk > > -- > Dirk Froemberg > > FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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