RE: Apache HTTPD's magical behavior

From: Golden_Eternity (bhodi_jabirat_private)
Date: Fri Nov 30 2001 - 12:05:16 PST

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    > Today I was browsing the Internet when I came across a server that would
    > not let me view the contents of the root dir.
    >
    > However, it did let me view the contents of a dir within it's
    > root dir. So
    > I tried the following:
    >
    > http://>/<dir i can browse>../
    >
    > And for some reason it allowed me to view the root dir and all of
    > its contents.
    
    Do we know if this works if Indexes is turned off? Or does this just bypass
    the DirectoryIndex tag?
    
    BTW, I have tested this on 1.3.17 and it doesn't seem to be affected.
    



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