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[PATCH] ; send filename, not full path, on EWW form submit

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Sebastián Monía <sebastian <at> sebasmonia.com>
Cc: ozzloy <at> challenge-bot.com, 65973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ozzloy <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#65973: [PATCH] ; send filename, not full path, on EWW form submit
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 10:52:51 -0800

On 11/5/2024 11:36 AM, Jim Porter wrote:
> I see three possible reasons: 1) there could be (probably minor) privacy 
> issues with sending the directory structure along to a server; 2) as far 
> as I'm aware, other browsers only pass the "leaf" of the filename; 3) 
> RFC 2813 says that *recipients* should ignore any directories:

Just in case people get confused here (I did, upon re-reading my 
message): The correct RFC is 2183, not 2813.

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