[gopher] Capability files are dangerous

Cameron Kaiser spectre at floodgap.com
Mon May 14 18:06:11 UTC 2012


> > As caps.txt is server side, I fail to how it relates to servering data
> > to a client, the server has no ideer what its talking to, unlike
> > useragent string in http world.
> 
> Well, I see how you could identify a client through which
> CAPS-advertised features it supports.

Potentially, but only if the feature requires server interaction other than
fetching the caps.txt file. For example, breadcrumb menus don't.

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