loading images doesn't use proxy credentials
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Evolution |
Fix Released
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Medium
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evolution (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre | ||
Maverick |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: evolution
SRU JUSTIFICATION:
Small patch to use along with patch in bug 664167 to use proxy credentials to load images.
This is a big issue for corporate users wishing to have access to rich email content (embedded images) from behind a secured proxy (as it is the case in many large enterprises).
There is minimal impact since this only affects users behind a proxy, and only if they use a secured proxy (requiring authentication).
TEST CASES:
- Requires a proxy with authentication turned on. This can be easily achieved using squid using the pam_auth provider, for example.
1) Configure the proxy settings in Gnome (System-
2) Load a message which contains embedded images from the Internet in a URL document (see attached example: lp_664169_
3) Force loading the images from the Internet by pressing Ctrl-I.
For a successful test cases, you will see embedded images being loaded from the Internet and displayed in the message.
For a failed test cases, the images will not load.
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We need the patch from upstream bug 631526 to land so that proxy credentials are used properly when loading images.
Related branches
Changed in evolution: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in evolution: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
tags: | added: patch |
Changed in evolution (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Didier Roche (didrocks) → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) |
description: | updated |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
tags: | added: testcase |
This patch is a backport of the upstream patch.
To test, configure evolution to use a proxy which requires a username/password to gain access, then while viewing an e-mail that has image URL references, try to force the images to load with a ctrl-i. If the images load and you have the patch from LP 664167, you should see