Add security-sensitive file extensions to workspace indexing exclusion list#1157
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This pull request enhances security by preventing the indexing of sensitive certificate and private key files in the workspace file indexing system. It adds security-related file extensions to the exclusion list to avoid accidentally processing or exposing sensitive cryptographic materials.
- Adds certificate file extensions (pfx, p12, pem, crt, cer) to prevent indexing
- Adds private key extensions (key, priv) to the exclusion list
- Includes Java keystore formats (jks, keystore) and certificate signing requests (csr)
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Thanks for adding these. I'll also confirm our indexing services ignore these. I believe it should already but good to make sure
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This pull request updates the list of excluded file extensions in the
workspaceFileIndex.tsfile to improve security and prevent indexing of sensitive files. The change specifically adds several certificate and private key file types to the exclusion list.Security-related exclusions:
pfx,p12,pem,crt,cer,key,priv,jks,keystore,csr) to theEXCLUDE_EXTENSIONSset inworkspaceFileIndex.tsto prevent indexing of security-sensitive files.