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#31 document access error

v8.x
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Other (10)
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2007-11-02
2007-11-02
L. Garren
No

If you try to find a document that does not exist from the public database, DocDB returns the message that "the document is not public". Instead, it should tell you that the document does not exist.

Discussion

  • Eric Vaandering

    Eric Vaandering - 2007-11-02

    Logged In: YES
    user_id=524308
    Originator: NO

    I don't agree. Why should a non-trusted user be able to know if a certain document # exists or does not? This is by design.

     
  • L. Garren

    L. Garren - 2007-11-02

    Logged In: YES
    user_id=1494225
    Originator: YES

    Sigh. And then the user sends email to the database administrators complaining that s/he can't find "Doc-xyz" because s/he has been told about the document.

    I don't see that this obfuscation serves a useful purpose.

     

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