[STR-1817] Secure html:link tag, plus module support.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: Nightly Build
• Component/s: Tag Libraries
• Environment: Operating System: other; Platform: Other
• Bugzilla Id: 24235
• Assignee: Ted Husted
• Reporter: Gary Ashley
• Created: 30/Oct/03 07:24
• Updated: 04/Jul/07 05:29
• Resolved: 04/Jul/07 05:29

Description

I'd like to add a module="" attribute to the html:link and html:rewrite tags so
that you can specify a different module to link to. In addition, I'd like to
enhance the link tag to provide a security mechanism. The idea being that if
you supply the action="" and/or module="" then the action mapping roles would
be checked. If the user was NOT in the required role, the link would not be
written.

There are 2 options for the security feature. Creating a SecureLinkTag,
html:slink, that will provide the security mechanism by default. The 2nd,
would be to supply a secure="true/false" attribute to the html:link tag.

I will submit patches to the latest nightly build for consideration. Thank
you.