Subject: Re: [link-relations] NEW RELATION REQUEST: Relation name: "noreferrer"

From: Julian Reschke <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:24:38 +0100

On 02.09.2010 10:16, Michael(tm) Smith wrote:
> Relation Name:
>    noreferrer
>
> Description:
>    Requires that the user agent not send an HTTP "Referer" (sic)
>    header if the user follows the hyperlink.
>
> Reference:
>    http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/links.html#link-type-noreferrer
>
> Notes:
>    Template to be added to W3C HTML5 specification before
>    publication of next Working Draft

Sounds good to me, except it might be good to be less specific about 
HTTP (it should be applicable to other protocols in theory as well).

Indeed, HTML5 says:

"It indicates that no referrer information is to be leaked when 
following the link."

Best regards, Julian