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  2. CONFSERVER-9123

Improve trackback spam protection

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      Fake trackbacks are being made on CAC from non-existent URLs and the link does not have a nofollow rel so it will be assisting spammers. An example page containing trackback spam is http://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/pageinfo.action?pageId=52363319

      Some ideas for dealing with this problem
      1. Disable trackbacks
      2. Append a nofollow rel to all trackbacks so that we aren't boosting these links
      3. Add or improve our trackback spam prevention

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          Suggestion - CONFSERVER-6456 Whitelist for Trackback Pings and Referrals

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              david.soul@atlassian.com David Soul [Atlassian]
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