> At 08:52 PM 21/10/97 -0700, Tony Wilkinson wrote:
>
> >For those of you interested in Frontpage Extensions...
>
> Perhaps someone could explain to a non-Frontpage user, such as myself, what
> "Frontpage Extensions" are.
Frontpage Extensions are a set of server-side programs which allow the
Microsoft Frontpage WWW editor to transparently manage content on a remote
site. They also include some basic CGI functionality (search form,
guest-book, etc).
They have been criticised on several occasions because of their
proprietary protocol and implementation, their lack of support for recent
Apache servers and security issues (including a recent show-stopper of a
SUID hole in Frontpage 98). They are also pretty painful to administer.
MS Frontpage will still operate without the extensions (falling back to
FTP to transfer the files), but some of its flashier features will not
work.
Hope this answers your question.
Regards,
Damien Miller
| "... the most serious problems in the Internet have been caused by
| unenvisaged mechanisms triggered by low-probability events; mere human
| malice would never have taken so devious a course!" - RFC 1122
|
| WWW: http://silicon.vitnet.com.sg
| PGP public key: send me an email with "send file pgp_key" as the subject