> Geof Wiley, an ISP employee, had this to say about his run-in with >Microsoft's "Front Page" HTML editor: > Microsoft Front Page 98 will allow you to delete entire web directories >or whatever you want to delete, if the server is not setup correctly. > > I work for JCN ISP and we had the Microsoft Front Page extensions >installed so users could use Front Page extras. > > Well those extras cost us one night. A few nights ago someone deleted all >of our users directories. Luckily we had a backup from earlier that night. > > I used a copy of Front Page 98(v3.0.2.96) and it allowed me to click on >the open folder and type in a server name such as www.jcn1.com and it >would show me the root directory instead of just my directory. I was then >able to delete any and all directories I wanted to. I even checked the FTP >logs, it didn't even show that a user was logged in during that time. > > We have since taken these extensions off our server. I don't know who >this effects, but you may want to test your Front Page extension equipped >servers to see if this happens to you. Make sure you have these set up >correctly.
Tim
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