SAMP 1.3 security discussion changes

Mark Taylor m.b.taylor at bristol.ac.uk
Fri Jul 15 04:45:06 PDT 2011


I've made some security-related adjustments to the Web Profile section
in the SAMP 1.3 WD.

 - Discussion of security in section 5.4 somewhat reworked and reduced
   as agreed in Naples, with a note that further research on security
   is ongoing.

 - Recommendation that all non-localhost requests to the Web Profile
   hub HTTP server be rejected (403 Forbidden), since there is no
   legitimate access to this server except from the local host.

 - Provision that the URL translation service MAY block access to 
   sensitive resources (e.g. some parts of the local filesystem)
   for security reasons (403 Forbidden).

You can see the changes on volute 
(http://code.google.com/p/volute/source/detail?r=1540).
Comments welcome.

Mark

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Mark Taylor   Astronomical Programmer   Physics, Bristol University, UK
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