From b5fc192b99ce92a7ccad08cca7b59b1a4e7ca230 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Holtermann Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:32:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #27352 -- Doc'd social media fingerprinting consideration with login's redirect_authenticated_user. --- docs/spelling_wordlist | 1 + docs/topics/auth/default.txt | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist b/docs/spelling_wordlist index d905196950..8218fe0219 100644 --- a/docs/spelling_wordlist +++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist @@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ fallback fallbacks faq FastCGI +favicon fieldset fieldsets filename diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt index 9d70cedf9d..cc4a0daf12 100644 --- a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt +++ b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt @@ -1006,6 +1006,15 @@ implementation details see :ref:`using-the-views`. authenticated users accessing the login page will be redirected as if they had just successfully logged in. Defaults to ``False``. + .. warning:: + + If you enable ``redirect_authenticated_user``, other websites will be + able to determine if their visitors are authenticated on your site by + requesting redirect URLs to image files on your website. To avoid + this "`social media fingerprinting + `_" information + leakage, host all images and your favicon on a separate domain. + * ``success_url_allowed_hosts``: A :class:`set` of hosts, in addition to :meth:`request.get_host() `, that are safe for redirecting after login. Defaults to an empty :class:`set`.