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authorThomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>1997-04-04 14:13:10 -0500
committerThomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>1997-04-04 14:13:10 -0500
commit36a66292ee2ec3530d776892d22d6c5ace810ae0 (patch)
treeac50b496468f774172bdd3b76a6832ede18c44af /lynx.cfg
parent923c66ce35dd473a10713d8f44f30d9ad770a99b (diff)
downloadlynx-snapshots-36a66292ee2ec3530d776892d22d6c5ace810ae0.tar.gz
snapshot of project "lynx", label v2-7-1
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@@ -406,10 +406,13 @@ CHARACTER_SET:ISO Latin 1
 
 # Unix:
 # =====
-# TRUSTED_LYNXCGI defines where cgi scripts can live (if LYNXCGI_LINKS
-# is defined in userdefs.h).  Note that it must be given in order for
-# cgi support to work (there is no default path).  For example:
+# TRUSTED_LYNXCGI rules define the permitted sources and/or paths for
+# lynxcgi links (if LYNXCGI_LINKS is defined in userdefs.h).  The format
+# is the same as for TRUSTED_EXEC rules (see above), but no defaults are
+# defined, i.e., if no TRUSTED_LYNXCGI rules are defined here, any source
+# and path for lynxcgi links will be permitted.  Example rules:
 #
+#	TRUSTED_LYNXCGI:file://localhost/
 # 	TRUSTED_LYNXCGI:<tab>/usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/
 # 	TRUSTED_LYNXCGI:file://localhost/<tab>/usr/local/www/cgi-bin/
 #
@@ -859,12 +862,14 @@ CHARACTER_SET:ISO Latin 1
 #
 #NO_DOT_FILES:TRUE
 
-# If NO_FROM_HEADER is TRUE, From headers never will be sent in transmissions
-# to servers.  Lynx normally sends the personal_mail_address as a From header,
-# if that address has been defined via the 'o'ptions menu.  If left FALSE
-# here, it can be set TRUE at run time via the -nofrom switch.
+# If NO_FROM_HEADER is set FALSE, From headers will be sent in transmissions
+# to http or https servers if the personal_mail_address has been defined via
+# the 'o'ptions menu.  The compilation default is TRUE (no From header is
+# sent) and the default can be changed here.  The default can be toggled at
+# run time via the -from switch.  Note that transmissions of From headers
+# have become widely considered to create an invasion of privacy risk.
 #
-#NO_FROM_HEADER:FALSE
+#NO_FROM_HEADER:TRUE
 
 # If NO_REFERER_HEADER is TRUE, Referer headers never will be sent in
 # transmissions to servers.  Lynx normally sends the URL of the document
@@ -1056,7 +1061,7 @@ MINIMAL_COMMENTS:TRUE
 # VMS:
 # ====
 # XLOADIMAGE_COMMAND will be used as a default in src/HTInit.c
-# for viewing image/* content types when the DECW$DISPLAY logical
+# for viewing image content types when the DECW$DISPLAY logical
 # is set.  Make it the foreign command for your system's X image
 # viewer (commonly, "xv").  Make it "exit" or something like that
 # if you don't have one.  It can be anything that will handle GIF,
@@ -1072,7 +1077,7 @@ MINIMAL_COMMENTS:TRUE
 # Unix:
 # =====
 # XLOADIMAGE_COMMAND will be used as a default in src/HTInit.c for
-# viewing image/* content types when the DISPLAY environment variable
+# viewing image content types when the DISPLAY environment variable
 # is set.  Make it the full path and name of the xli (also know as
 # xloadimage or xview) command, or other image viewer.  Put 'echo' or
 # something like it here if you don't have a suitable viewer.  It can