GNU bug report logs - #27012
26.0.50; eww does not generate Referer headers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 21:43:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 27012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>, 27012 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27012: 26.0.50; eww does not generate Referer headers
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 18:53:42 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> You could look at how GNU Icecat handles this, eg
> network.http.referer.spoofSource. (I would guess every privacy issue eww
> might encounter has already been considered by Icecat.)

network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy

    0 - always send referrer (default).
    1 - only send if base domains match.
    2 - only send if hosts match.

Adding something like this (and defaulting to 1) might make sense for
eww.

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