[web2py] Re: Unexpected content in error file name -- can anyone explain? (and possible security concern)

2012-12-09 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
This should no longer be a problem in 2.2.x. The spoofed requests should be rejected. On Sunday, 9 December 2012 09:15:07 UTC-6, Chris wrote: > > 1.99.7, running from source on Red Hat EL 6 --

[web2py] Re: Unexpected content in error file name -- can anyone explain? (and possible security concern)

2012-12-09 Thread Chris
1.99.7, running from source on Red Hat EL 6 --

[web2py] Re: Unexpected content in error file name -- can anyone explain? (and possible security concern)

2012-12-06 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
Yes. There are two variables: request.env.remote_addr: the ip of the client as communicated by the web server request.env.http_x_forward_from: which may be injected by a proxy (for example apache+mod_proxy). request.cllient is set to the former or the latter (if present). None of them is relia

[web2py] Re: Unexpected content in error file name -- can anyone explain? (and possible security concern)

2012-12-06 Thread Niphlod
request.client gets filled by gluon.main.get_client . You can see the source in gluon/main.py. It gets additionally checked by gluon/utils.py is_valid_ip_address(). I think the question everyone is thinking of right now is: what web2py version do you run ? On Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:15:34