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#12009 most Secure Exception?

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Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 16 April 2012 11:43 CDT

yaani
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: (2.5.4)
PHP version: (5.2.17)
MySQL version: (5.1.56)
Host: (HostGator)
Admin Tools version: (2.2.5)

Description of my issue:
Thumbnails not displaying for JoomlaWorks Simple Image Gallery Pro extension.

Both of the following solutions work. Can you tell me which one is the most secure?

1. Front-end directories where file type exceptions are allowed - added directory "cache"

2. Allow direct access, except .php files, to these directories - added directory cache/jw_sigpro

Thank you!

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
The second one.

The idea is that the narrower the exception is, the less likely is to cause any security issues.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

yaani
Great, thanks for the Awesome extension and excellent customer support!

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome and thank you for your kind words!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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