#31 document access error

[L. Garren]

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.

[Eric Vaandering]

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]

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.