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Uri.Disableexternalresources

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Uri.Disableexternalresources

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URI.DisableExternalResources TYPE: bool VERSION: 1.3.0 DEFAULT: false --DESCRIPTION-- Disables the embedding of external resources, preventing users from embedding things like images from other hosts.

This prevents access tracking (good for email viewers), bandwidth leeching, cross-site request forging, goatse.cx posting, and other nasties, but also results in a loss of end-user functionality (they can't directly post a pic they posted from Flickr anymore).

Use it if you don't have a robust user-content moderation team. --# vim: et sw=4 sts=4