You could try some of the stuff on the talk page (
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation:Security#Download_Securit…
like what you want), but, ultimately, I would just be careful with
the allowed file extensions: You don't want untrusted users being able to
upload PHP files! Also, see if you can avoid giving world and group write
permissions on the upload directory.
On 4/22/07, Eric K <ek79501(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm reading this:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Security#Upload_security
I still want to make the system as safe as possible so that a hacker can
never upload anything malicious and run it. Our server was compromised but
that was through someone who was using an unsafe CMS.
Is there anything like, setting the Uploads directory to a directory
that is outside the WWW root, so even if a hacker uploads a scipt, he cant
run it using the browser, because its not accessible?
And also I guess we should set the permissions of that directory to be
non-executable, but writebable by all?
thanks
Eric
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