Password protect a page that is shared to the internet #1781
RickCogley
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You can revoke and regenerate share links currently, so I think the "limited period" part is already covered by that. I can understand wanting the option for a password though and I don't see any harm in us including the functionality. It seems like something that might be good for a community member to work on and we can guide through implementation. |
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Currently, the internet sharing scheme is a typical one, relying on "security by obscurity" by setting the URL as a UUID. These days, many systems offer this functionality.
Problem is, search engines don't always honor "no index" metadata (if even Outline is setting that for so-shared pages), and people can share the URIs of such pages via various means. When the link goes into chat or email, voilà, the link is now in a backup somewhere.
It would be good if Outline could allow users to set an arbitrary password to a shared page. When a person clicks on such a URL, Outline would prompt for a password, a la
http-access
.Of course, guest access is one way to handle this, but doing it with a password means, you can allow a bunch of people to see it for a limited period, and easily block access simply by changing the password.
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