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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2022-04-30 19:11:45 +0100
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2022-04-30 22:51:38 +0100
commit509a8839d50d1e688b794975378214cc201a9697 (patch)
treea9aea90c9d74c4de37053cf856069bf3d8026326
parent9bed290e97e67e12c2f56ef06c8f920c0945e432 (diff)
downloadexim4-509a8839d50d1e688b794975378214cc201a9697.tar.gz
Docs: index detaint methods
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index cf658a46d..ef8fc6836 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -1429,6 +1429,7 @@ check an address given in the SMTP EXPN command (see the &%expn%& option).
If the &%domains%& option is set, the domain of the address must be in the set
of domains that it defines.
.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
+.cindex "de-tainting" "using router domains option"
A match verifies the variable &$domain$& (which carries tainted data)
and assigns an untainted value to the &$domain_data$& variable.
Such an untainted value is often needed in the transport.
@@ -6787,6 +6788,7 @@ file that is searched could contain lines like this:
When the lookup succeeds, the result of the expansion is a list of domains (and
possibly other types of item that are allowed in domain lists).
.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
+.cindex "de-tainting" "using a lookup expansion""
The result of the expansion is not tainted.
In the second example, the lookup is a single item in a domain list. It causes
@@ -6843,12 +6845,12 @@ lookup to succeed. The lookup type determines how the file is searched.
The file string may not be tainted.
.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
+.cindex "de-tainting" "using a single-key lookup"
All single-key lookups support the option &"ret=key"&.
If this is given and the lookup
(either underlying implementation or cached value)
returns data, the result is replaced with a non-tainted
version of the lookup key.
-.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
.next
.cindex "query-style lookup" "definition of"
The &'query-style'& type accepts a generalized database query. No particular
@@ -8848,6 +8850,7 @@ or a &%domains%& condition in an ACL statement, the value is preserved in the
&$domain_data$& variable and can be referred to in other router options or
other statements in the same ACL.
.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
+.cindex "de-tainting" "using ACL domains condition"
The value will be untainted.
&*Note*&: If the data result of the lookup (as opposed to the key)
@@ -8889,6 +8892,7 @@ whether or not the query succeeds. However, when a lookup is used for the
&%domains%& option on a router, the value is preserved in the &$domain_data$&
variable and can be referred to in other options.
.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
+.cindex "de-tainting" "using router domains option"
The value will be untainted.
.next
@@ -11940,6 +11944,7 @@ ${if inlisti{Needle}{fOo:NeeDLE:bAr}}
The variable &$value$& will be set for a successful match and can be
used in the success clause of an &%if%& expansion item using the condition.
.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
+.cindex "de-tainting" "using an inlist expansion condition"
It will have the same taint status as the list; expansions such as
.code
${if inlist {$h_mycode:} {0 : 1 : 42} {$value}}
@@ -12149,6 +12154,7 @@ caselessly.
The variable &$value$& will be set for a successful match and can be
used in the success clause of an &%if%& expansion item using the condition.
.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
+.cindex "de-tainting" "using a match_local_part expansion condition"
It will have the same taint status as the list; expansions such as
.code
${if match_local_part {$local_part} {alice : bill : charlotte : dave} {$value}}
@@ -19033,6 +19039,7 @@ than trying to read &_/etc/passwd_& directly. This means that other methods of
holding password data (such as NIS) are supported. If the local part is a local
user,
.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
+.cindex "de-tainting" "using router check_local_user option"
&$local_part_data$& is set to an untainted version of the local part and
&$home$& is set from the password data. The latter can be tested in other
preconditions that are evaluated after this one (the order of evaluation is
@@ -23305,6 +23312,7 @@ The value is used for checking instead of a home directory;
checking is done in "belowhome" mode.
.cindex "tainted data" "de-tainting"
+.cindex "de-tainting" "using appendfile create_file option"
If "belowhome" checking is used, the file or directory path
becomes de-tainted.