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October 2012

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domainrc to manage cross-domain requests (was Re: RequestPolicy-like patch)

by corvid＠lavabit.com

p37sitdu wrote: > Patch implements functions similar to Firefox addon RequestPolicy. [1] > It allows user to control automatic requests more flexible than > filter_auto_requests option. Patch removes this option and replaces it > with file .dillo/domainrc that looks like this: > > default deny > wikipedia.org .wikimedia.org > wikisource.org .wikimedia.org > wikitionary.org .wikimedia.org > wikiversity.org .wikimedia.org > > That way most requests are denied, but images on wikipedia are loaded > from wikimedia.org without clicking on them. > > Patterns can start with "." to allow subdomains. > > Special pattern "*" can be used to allow requests to any domains from > some domain (for example if it is a website full of external images) or > to allow requests from any domain to some domain (maybe CDN). > > Without domainrc file all cross-domain requests are denied. > > [1] https://www.requestpolicy.com/ Committed with a little dilloification, etc. At the moment, I have the default set to accept rather than deny, thinking that it might be easier for us to build up a sample or default domainrc with a bunch of notorious ad sites to blacklist than it would be to whitelist enough common sites that use a [site]images.com or suchlike.

Oct. 3, 2012