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Jasbir Maan

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5/13/2021 10:27 AM

    Hi Team,

    just wanted to check if there is any harm to remove below folders, as there are extra code which is not liked by static security scan, i hope it’s not a problem to delete them.


    1. Install
    2. Providers\DataProviders

    Please suggest if there is anything else which can be removed without any impact.

    Thanks!






    Stefan Kamphuis (40F)

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    5/13/2021 1:03 PM
      No guarantees, but I see no harm in deleting those folders. On the other hand, I don't think there should be any code in there, unless you're on an old version of DNN, in which case those files are probably not your biggest problem...

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      Sebastian Leupold

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      5/13/2021 2:28 PM
        /install is used for installation of DNN and DNN upgrade - usually, all possible harmful code is disabled after install/upgrade.
        /providers/dataproviders just contains SQL code, which gets executed during install and upgrade. There shouldn't be any code included, which can be executed by IIS directly.





        Jasbir Maan

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        5/17/2021 2:28 AM

          Thanks Stefan Kamphuis and Sebastian Leupold for your quick response, that helps!

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