X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/13331e8243ae1eb5fafc0de14fb98990aafafa9c..4729ff0812c1f3d06d98524e2fec232d3bf90513:/doc/todo/Zoned_ikiwiki.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/Zoned_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/todo/Zoned_ikiwiki.mdwn index 24fe22133..76b2b69c7 100644 --- a/doc/todo/Zoned_ikiwiki.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/Zoned_ikiwiki.mdwn @@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ that header might not be needed in the request, and care may be needed to config the server to emit other necessary response headers to discourage caching of content from a private zone. +*Drawbacks:* Not yet implemented, someone would have to do it. +It's not clear [[what code changes fastcgi|todo/fastcgi or modperl installation instructions]] +would require in ikiwiki. An Authorizer seems like a good place to start because of its +limited, simple functionality--but as it could make use of any ikiwiki-supported auth method, +evaluate `PageSpec`s, and the like, it could still run a non-trivial amount of the code. + ## Obstacles A number of ikiwiki features aren't (yet) designed with zoning in mind, @@ -117,6 +123,18 @@ but I'll begin it here. Note that not all of these issues will be problems for all **zoned ikiwiki use cases**. +### Leakage of page existence by `do=goto` + +An unauthorized client can use a `do=goto` request to find out whether a +page exists (will be forbidden to view it) or not (will be forbidden to create it). + +In [[plugins/contrib/signinview]] this is handled by hooking +`cgi` first and checking for `goto` and a non-public page. If the requested page +(existing or not) matches the `public_pages` PageSpec, it is handed off for the `goto` +plugin to handle normally. Otherwise, the `do` parameter is changed to `signingoto` +so the `goto` plugin's `cgi` hook will _not_ handle it, and the `sessioncgi` hook +takes care of it when the user's identity is available. + ### Backlinks What is problematic is when you link a public page in a private page :