After each Eterpad restart, the clients will request a new version of the
static assets, even if they are not modified. This is the price we pay for
knowing that no stale files are going to be served ever again. We could also
have used a salted hash of the Etherpad version, but we chose the simpler way.
For the rationale behind using a random string at each restart, see #3958.
ACHTUNG: this may prevent caching HTTP proxies to work.
Closes#3955.
Etherpad-lite relies on the user's browser to generate a random pad
name, but the current solution is not safe against collisions. In order
to generate unique pad names, the following modifications are made:
* use a PRNG instead of Math.random() and ensure uniform distribution
when selecting chars.
* choose the pad name length to achieve a specific number of bits of
security.
Closes: #3516
The old "static/custom" directory is replaced by "static/skins/<skinName>",
where <skinName> is taken from settings.json.
When no value is found, a default of "no-skin" is assumed, so that backward
compatibility is maintained.
The most evident security concerns have been addressed.
Closes#3471.
* l10n.js is doing locale detection already, so
we shouldn't interfere but help it do its job
* this should also fix the ?lang embed parameter
* Set language from cookie on page init for l10n
to load the right translation