X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/18f41b73da5adc07c8d24b897ed6d725d7c0aef8..651cdd4b2a85f4e5f9d298a7eea7d0e6d94442b1:/doc/todo/Zoned_ikiwiki.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/Zoned_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/todo/Zoned_ikiwiki.mdwn index ee0cdfe61..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 : @@ -248,3 +266,10 @@ review of the code and plugins (including third-party plugins) to complete. * Not to forget `contrib` plugins * [[plugins/contrib/report]] ? * _others_? + +Note that, _with_ the right controls on who can edit the pages and insert +the directives, the fact that a public page can inline stuff from private +pages can be very useful. Public pages can be created that are populated +by selected content that's maintained on the private side. The [[ikiwiki/directive/if]] +directive can be used in the private content to control what parts can be +inlined into public pages. All of this is in ikiwiki today.