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Option to supress link to Parent Directory

           Summary: Option to supress link to Parent Directory
           Product: Apache httpd-2.0
           Version: 2.0.49
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: mod_autoindex
        AssignedTo: bugs@httpd.apache.org
        ReportedBy: jonxl@telia.com


If a automated tool is used to scan a website it can start to crawl upwards in 
file structure.

This happens if the start-URL points to a location without an index.html
If mod_autoindex generates a index.html, it will contain a link to a directory 
level one level up i.e. Parent Directory.

An automated tool such as HTTrack (http://www.httrack.com/) will treat Parent 
Directory as any link and climb one level up and scan that level. This is not 
always good.
HTTrack may work it self up to top level if only mod_autoindex generates the 
contents of each directory.

Suggestion: Add IndexOptions Directive "SuppressParentDirectory" to prevent 
mod_autoindex to show a link to the parent directory.

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