If it is an issue for XML-RPC users, maybe there should be a
"Traversable" permission on Folder objects that could default to not
allowing web-traversal, but allowing it to be enabled if desired.

Would this affect FTP access to folders?

-Paul


Brian Lloyd wrote:

> 
> This is something that has come up before. I propose
> that the real problem here is that 'objectIds' should
> not be web-traversable.
> 
> I have, in fact, proposed this before. It caused a bit
> of grumbling among people using xml-rpc, who were using
> objectIds remotely, so we never came to closure on it.
> 
> This comes up often enough that I'm inclined to do
> something about it for 2.3. I propose that objectIds
> (and objectValues) will not be directly accessible
> via the Web in 2.3. For xml-rpc applications, it should
> be a simple enough task to create a Python Script (or
> even a DTML Method) that *is* Web accessible to relay
> that information if it is needed.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Brian Lloyd        [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Software Engineer  540.371.6909
> Digital Creations  http://www.digicool.com
> 

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