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diff --git a/doc/todo/block_external_links.mdwn b/doc/todo/block_external_links.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..56627653e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/block_external_links.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +I'd like the ability to block external links from anonymous users, or from +untrusted users. This could work by generating the HTML for the new page and +comparing it to the HTML for the old page, looking for any new `<a>` tags with +href values that didn't exist in the old page and don't start with the URL of +the wiki. Comparing the HTML, rather than the input, allows usage with +various types of input formats, and ensures that a template, shortcut, or some +new plugin will not bypass the filter. + +This would probably benefit from a whitelist of acceptable external URLs. + +This may actually form a subset of the general concept of content policies, +described at [[todo/fileupload]]. + +--[[JoshTriplett]] + +[[wishlist]] |