On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:51:34PM +0100, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Bjørn Mork <bm...@dod.no> wrote: > > Florian Weimer <f...@deneb.enyo.de> writes: > > > I would very much like this library to become the *only* WPAD > > implementation anywhere. Hopefully eventually with some ability to > > define local policies, where the default Debian policy could be very > > strict. E.g. "Never trust DNS for WPAD", or "Never use WPAD at all". > > I tend to agree, we have not forbidden root to do rm -arf . > It is the same, it is a policy problem. With current libproxy, could root > forbid the use of WPAD, even if user ask it?
Dan Winship, one of the libproxy authors, replied: | - The fact that it's broken doesn't change the fact that lots of | sites use it | | - It's already implemented by other programs in the distro anyway | (notably Firefox) | | - Its use in libproxy can be disabled system-wide by the | administrator | |I think in current libproxy WPAD is enabled by default though. We should |make sure that's changed. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
