Unverified Commit 63f6b3b2 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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libcurl-security.3: separate file:// section

... just to make it more apparent. Even if it repeats
some pieces of information.
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@@ -208,6 +208,13 @@ of how the SCP protocol is designed. e.g.

Applications must not allow unsanitized SCP: URLs to be passed in for
downloads.
.SH "file://"
By default curl and libcurl support file:// URLs. Such a URL is always an
access, or attempted access, to a local resource. If your application wants to
avoid that, keep control of what URLs to use and/or prevent curl/libcurl from
using the protocol.

By default, libcurl prohibits redirects to file:// URLs.
.SH "What if the user can set the URL"
Applications may find it tempting to let users set the URL that it can work
on. That's probably fine, but opens up for mischief and trickery that you as