Permit access to all mirrors if the list of allowed mirrors is empty #14
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The list of allowed mirrors is empty by default, making apt-cacher-rs unusable in the default configuration. Therefore, this PR changes the behavior to allow access to all mirrors if the list is empty. This is the same behavior used for the list of allowed clients. |
The list of allowed mirrors is empty by default, making apt-cacher-rs unusable in the default configuration. Therefore, this commit changes the behavior to allow access to all mirrors if the list is empty.
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Originally I disallowed all mirrors by default to avoid having a too permissive standard configuration (since by default all clients are also allowed). Would a compromise of a default of |
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I'm also concerned that apt-cacher-rs could be abused as an HTTP proxy to retrieve illegible content from the web. However, in my humble opinion, restricting mirrors isn't a good standard solution. Therefore, I suggest restricting the allowed filenames using a regular expression, allowing only the filenames required by apt. This would make apt-cacher-rs unusable as a regular HTTP proxy. What do you think? |
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