The file:// protocol

hello everybody,
as I mentioned in a previous post, I'm trying to use Apache to serve
files to localhost only - so security issues are out of questions.

Do you know how can I configure it to let it allow requests with the
"file://" protocol?

I noticed that if I open an index HTML file (with File->Open in
Firefox) containing this kind of links, they can be clicked and open
the related files (according to mimetype, I think).

If the same index HTML file is served by Apache, clicking the same
links is impossible - no errors, nothing. I guess they are "blocked"
by some security option, that I'd like to disable.

Any help very welcome, thank you!


Alessandro Magni

phantom ha scritto:

> <alexxx.magni.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:f1aa5c79-49fc-4641-982b-e6081d199795@o77g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> > hello everybody,
> > as I mentioned in a previous post, I'm trying to use Apache to serve
> > files to localhost only - so security issues are out of questions.
> >
> > Do you know how can I configure it to let it allow requests with the
> > "file://" protocol?
> >
> > I noticed that if I open an index HTML file (with File->Open in
> > Firefox) containing this kind of links, they can be clicked and open
> > the related files (according to mimetype, I think).
> >
> > If the same index HTML file is served by Apache, clicking the same
> > links is impossible - no errors, nothing. I guess they are "blocked"
> > by some security option, that I'd like to disable.
> >
>
> This blocking is provided by security in your browser, not apache.
> Check your browser for options to trust the site you are connecting to.



Ow, thank you, I just found out as your answer came in:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_Issues_:_Links_to_Local_Pages_Don't_Work

I'll try to disable that...

Alessandro