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POMy Rails page_cache is attaching someone else's domain to links, how can I stop this?
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    copied!<p>Let me try to explain what the situation is as thoroughly as I can see it.</p> <p>I have a Rails app using page caching for a specific part of the site. When looking through Google Analytics I noticed my own domain as a referrer which I found odd. Upon further investigation I discovered that when I go to one of those pages with my domain as the referrer, the links point to a different domain name but renders the page fine. For example:</p> <p>I'm on domain.com. I go to domain.com/someones_profile, and when I hover over any links it will say anotherdomain.com/someones_profile/about. Now, if I click the link, it'll take me to anotherdomain.com/someones_profile/about yet it's my page being accessed on my server (logs verify it.)</p> <p>I tested this out by taking one of my unused domain names and changing the A record to my server's IP. Then I cleared the page cache directory and visited a cacheable page using the domain I just set up, domain2.com/someones_profile, and it cached the links as domain2.com/someones_profile.</p> <p>Hopefully this explanation made sense. The domain that is "infiltrating" my cache belongs to someone I don't know, and the intent doesn't seem in any way malicious, but I was wondering if Rails has any sort of built-in methods to circumvent something like this. Something like forcing page_cache links to use a specific domain rather than whatever the referrer domain is.</p> <p>Any help would be appreciated, I would prefer to use built-in Rails method than to write something myself, maybe/maybe not because I'm lazy.</p>
 

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