# Discourse Link previews through a proxy server?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-link-previews-through-a-proxy-server/72720
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [2017年十月25日 01:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-link-previews-through-a-proxy-server/72720 "2017-10-25T01:34:34Z")
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### Author: ![nsuchy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nsuchy/32/166530_2.png) [@nsuchy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nsuchy)
#### Post date: [2017年十月25日 03:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-link-previews-through-a-proxy-server/72720/5 "2017-10-25T03:13:25Z")

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From what I understand discourse fetches the link server side to generate the preview. Post a malicious link controlled by attacker, check server access logs, get IP address attack and site go down. Easy peasy

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