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- 4What exactly does the addition of ../ to a URL do?nitrl– nitrl2013-06-07 02:34:47 +00:00Commented Jun 7, 2013 at 2:34
- 2@nitrl, in some cases (very poorly coded web applications), it may allow bypassing access control restrictions or accessing content that the developer didn't intend/expect for you to be able to access. See also the notion of a path traversal vulnerability.D.W.– D.W.2013-06-07 04:56:42 +00:00Commented Jun 7, 2013 at 4:56
- 8@D.W., Thanks, couldn't find it on my own. Linked below for anyone else who might come across this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_traversal_attacknitrl– nitrl2013-06-07 06:49:58 +00:00Commented Jun 7, 2013 at 6:49
- 1Great answer! Just to add a little to it. By posting this question on a public website if you were to "Hack" this site now even this post could be used against you to show intent to willfully perform an illegal act. If you had already gone through with it and then asked if what you had done was illegal then at least you could claim negligence and lack of understanding what you did.Eddie Studer– Eddie Studer2016-01-28 14:09:48 +00:00Commented Jan 28, 2016 at 14:09
- "everything on your list except #1 (view source)" -- I'm not confident we won't start seeing "by using this website you agree not to view the source, and permission to use this website is withdrawn if you do". That way it's unambiguous that as soon as you "view source" the inention of the site owner is that you've exceeded authorized access. Whether it'll stand in court as an effective withdrawal of permission is another matter. But deCSS taught us that many people use legal remedies when they expose their valuable IP to their customers, and client-side scripts represent a largeish body of IP.Steve Jessop– Steve Jessop2017-01-10 13:40:03 +00:00Commented Jan 10, 2017 at 13:40
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