Re: [link-relations] NEW RELATION REQUEST: Relation name: "noreferrer"

"Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org> Wed, 03 November 2010 16:34 UTC

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:34:24 +0900
From: "Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org>
To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [link-relations] NEW RELATION REQUEST: Relation name: "noreferrer"
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Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, 2010-10-31 14:24 +0100:

> On 02.09.2010 10:16, Michael(tm) Smith wrote:
> >Relation Name:
> >   noreferrer
> >
> >Description:
> >   Requires that the user agent not send an HTTP "Referer" (sic)
> >   header if the user follows the hyperlink.
> >
> >Reference:
> >   http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/links.html#link-type-noreferrer
> >
> >Notes:
> >   Template to be added to W3C HTML5 specification before
> >   publication of next Working Draft
> 
> Sounds good to me, except it might be good to be less specific about HTTP
> (it should be applicable to other protocols in theory as well).
> 
> Indeed, HTML5 says:
> 
> "It indicates that no referrer information is to be leaked when following
> the link."

Updated request:

  Relation Name:
     noreferrer

  Description:
     Indicates that no referrer information is to be leaked when following
     the link.

  Reference:
     http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/links.html#link-type-noreferrer

  Notes:
     Template to be added to W3C HTML5 specification before
     publication of next Working Draft

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Michael(tm) Smith
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