Visual Discovery AE URL Redirection Validation

As a security enhancement, only valid URLs can be passed through WebFOCUS to be rerouted to Visual Discovery AE projects. This strategy prevents WebFOCUS from submitting invalid, improper, or malicious links. To accomplish this, the URLs submitted to WebFOCUS for Visual Discovery AE execution are checked against a valid list of known Visual Discovery AE addresses. You must modify the WebFOCUS site.wfs file to define variables containing key values that are mapped to valid Visual Discovery AE URLs.

This security enhancement can also be leveraged in order to use paths with Visual Discovery AE projects in a relative manner. For example, when moving a system from one server to another (from a testing environment to a production environment).

For more information on how to configure Visual Discovery AE URL redirection validation, see the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE Getting Started Guide.


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