[Xitami] http file transfer (temp folders)

[Gunnar Swan]

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5/24/03 12:24:05 AM, Charles Schmidling <dscontroller@comcast.net> wrote:

>At the risk of being redundant, I was checking out an IE security exploit
>(from a security site) and found out some disturbing things.
>
>Since I maintain multiple profiles on this Win98SE machine, I don't
>generally look in the "Temporary Internet Files" folder in C:\Windows
>directory.  Each profile maintains its own Temp Folders and clearing them
>from the IE option only clears that set of folders.  However, the corrupted
>download files were found in the Windows/Temporary Internet Files folders.
>Logging into the "NONE" account (hitting cancel at logon) didn't gain me
>access to these folders.  Turns out, this account looks in "Local
>Settings/Temporary Internet Files" folders.  It seems IE can store files in
>both your current profiles Temp folder and the main one in c:\windows,
>depending on who's scripting the code.
>
>So to recap - you can find the "Temporary Internet Files" folder in:
>c:\windows - general downloads
>c:\windows\local settings - if you use profiles
>c:\windows\profiles\(acctname)    - per each profile
>in your sock drawer.
>
>You cannot view any other Temp folder in windows but your own.  You will
>need to manually clear some of them in DOS - changing the attrib and going
>to each random named folder in Content.IE5 and erasing stuff.  I've found
>that killing the appropriate "desktop.ini" file allows you to view that
>folder's level in window and deleting it will kill everything under it.
>
>Don't know if this helps you.  It bothers me.
>
>Charles
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nowlin, Dan" <NowlinD@missouri.edu>
>To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
>Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 9:44 PM
>Subject: RE: [Xitami] http file transfer
>
>
>> I have noticed other servers doing something simular but they put the
>> [1] befor the extention where Xatimi puts it at the end.  I thought it
>> might be something with the temp folders also so I cleared out every
>> temp folder I could find and the downloaded programs folder and then
>> tried to download a file that I know I have not tried to download befor
>> and it still puts the [1] on the end.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Charles Schmidling [mailto:dscontroller@comcast.net]
>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 22:48
>> To: xitami@lists.xitami.org
>> Subject: Re: [Xitami] http file transfer
>>
>>
>> This appended thing is common my experience from all kinds of sites.
>> Haven't figure out why.  Think it has something to do with how IE stores
>> the download in the Temporary folders before copying it to where you
>> want it. Deleting the brackets doesn't seem to hurt anything.  It's not
>> consistent enough to catch the pattern.  Possibility may be downloading
>> a file with a duplicate name in the Temp folders.
>>
>> Just a thought
>> Charles
>>
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Best Regards,
Gunnar Swan
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