From 2e51d5c74da6f4dda8a1f96781811d0b4c6c83c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://gmcmanus.myopenid.com/" <http://gmcmanus.myopenid.com/@web> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:25:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] email obfuscation by Text::Markdown undone by HTML::Scrubber --- ...oes_email_obfuscation_by_Text::Markdown.mdwn | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/htmlscrubber_undoes_email_obfuscation_by_Text::Markdown.mdwn diff --git a/doc/bugs/htmlscrubber_undoes_email_obfuscation_by_Text::Markdown.mdwn b/doc/bugs/htmlscrubber_undoes_email_obfuscation_by_Text::Markdown.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..17836abfe --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/htmlscrubber_undoes_email_obfuscation_by_Text::Markdown.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +From the source of [[usage]]: + + <a href="mailto:joey@ikiwiki.info">joey@ikiwiki.info</a> + +Text::Markdown obfuscates email addresses in the href= attribute and in the text. +Apparently this can't be configured. + +HTML::Scrubber doesn't set `attr_encoded` for its HTML::Parser, so the href= attribtute is decoded. +Currently it seems it doesn't set `attr_encoded` for good reason: so attributes can be sanitized easily, +e.g. as in htmlscrubber with `$safe_url_regexp`. +This apparently can't be configured either. + +So I can't see an obvious solution to this. +Perhaps improvements to Text::Markdown or HTML::Scrubber can allow a fix. + +One question is: how useful is email obfuscation? +Don't spammers use HTML parsers? -- 2.39.5