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Carsten Ziegeler reassigned SLING-2279: --------------------------------------- Assignee: Carsten Ziegeler > ReferrerFilter should not reverse lookup the IPs of interfaces > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: SLING-2279 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2279 > Project: Sling > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Extensions > Environment: contrib / extensions / > org.apache.sling.security-0.5.0-SNAPSHOT.jar > Reporter: Tobias Bocanegra > Assignee: Carsten Ziegeler > Attachments: referrer-r1200559.patch > > > The o.a.s.security.impl.ReferrerFilter initializes the > getDefaultAllowedReferrers() with the hostnames of the local interfaces. I > doubt that this has any meaning in a productive environment, as the server > most probably runs behind a loadbalancer or proxy. the problem with this > initialization is that it might result in a reverse DNS lookup, which can be > very slow. > suggest to remove the hostnames from the default referrers: -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira