Uwe Sinha
-
2008-04-15
- priority: 5 --> 9
An anonymous user can take keys "hung" to a room. If that key has sufficient privilege, any person in the world can deposit files in a CURE room and make them accessible to anyone else in the world. This way, a CURE installation can easily be abused as a host for illegal or otherwise dubious material.
Suggested short-term solution: explicitly forbid Anonymous to take or receive any key.
Suggested very short-term solution: forbid anonymous browsing in general.
Long-term solution: rethink the role of the Anonymous user.