Not a bug Private Forum / are RSS feeds private ?

[erich37]

please check whether this is a bug:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/private-forum-what-about-rss-feeds.40071/

 

[Jake Bunce]

The outgoing feeds obey forum permissions of the currently logged in user.

 

[pgb]

To clarify, is it possible to use an external RSS reader to subscribe to an RSS feed of a private forum if you have access to it? Or would this only work with the RSS functionality built into a web browser that you're actively logged into the site with?

 

[lazer]

As Jake said...

The outgoing feeds obey forum permissions of the currently logged in user.

The ability to view an RSS feed is wholly dependant on the permissions you have as a member (or guest) on an XF forum. Same as all other content.

 

[pgb]

Thanks. I'm not questioning the content of the RSS feeds. I understand the content of the feed will contain the resources that the user has access to.

I'd like to know if a standalone RSS reader exists that would be able to access & authenticate to a private Xenforo forum. Since the security is coming from the web application (and not the web server), I'm assuming this won't work, right?

 

[Paul B]

Unless the reader has the ability to log in and provide a user name and password, no.