Property reference

glide.security.attachment_type.use_blacklist

The glide.security.attachment_type.use_blacklist property determines if file attachments are validated against specified exclusion lists. Admins should care about this setting to ensure that potentially harmful file types are blocked from being uploaded.

Default: true Type: boolean Application: Global

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do? This property enables or disables the validation of file attachments against defined exclusion lists to enhance security.
What area does it affect? File Attachment Security
What does the default mean? The default value is "true", which means this behavior is enabled by default.
When should you review it? Review this property when configuring attachment security measures or updating exclusion lists.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name glide.security.attachment_type.use_blacklist
Sys ID 7dfb0124435251104881eca4eab8f2c2
Type boolean
Application Global
Default value true
Description Specifies whether the platform should validate file attachment against specified exclusion lists.
Updated 2024-05-25 03:53:48

Sources

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... modified configurations for saving attachments, the following requirements must be met to perform Git operations: • If the glide.attachment.extensions system property is configured, it must contain txt,gitdata. • If the glide.security.attachment_type.use_blacklist system property is set to true, the glide.attachment.blacklisted.extensions system property must not contain txt,gitdata and the glide.attachment.blacklisted.types system property must not contain text/plain,application/octet-stream. If you want to use custom extensions ...