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components: ["Link", "OutboundLink"]
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## Default
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## Target _blank
If setting `target` to `"_blank"`, the `Link` component will automatically set `rel="noopener noreferrer"` to guard against [potential cross-origin security exploits](https://web.dev/external-anchors-use-rel-noopener/).
You can override the `rel` attribute with a custom value.
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## Outbound link
An alternative to manually setting `target` to `"_blank"` is to use the `OutboundLink`.