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July 26, 2019
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Security and URL attachement

  • July 26, 2019
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Recently I've noticed one of our regions is adding (on the Content Tab) URLs to outside websites.  Since we are a cloud based system, I am extremely concerned about that site being an opening into our system.  Which makes me wonder about a couple questions.

1. Has anyone experienced anything like a security breach via an external URL link? 

2. What is the easiest way to restrict people from adding URLs to WTParts or WTDocuments?  

James  

Windchill 11.0 M030 CPS08

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STEVEG21-Topaz I
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July 26, 2019

I am not sure if this will allow you to do it but did you try creating a rights policy for URLDefinition?  It's a sub-type of WTObject.

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JHall1-VisitorAuthor
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July 26, 2019

@STEVEG   I discovered that I can shut down all URLs in Windchill that point to external sites.  On Page 315 of Windchill Customization Guide (11.0 M030 June 2017 Document Version 11.03.01) I discovered the following. 

It looks like it will do what I'm thinking, however I'm not quite sure just yet I want to turn them off completely.   According to the PTC tech I talked to, any previous URLs would simply not work if I did this. I'm just not sure what sort of security hazard external links might be.
James

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STEVEG21-Topaz I
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July 29, 2019

Nice find.

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