Re: AOL and [referrer]
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 40168
interpreted = N
texte = Donovan Brooke wrote: > > I know it has been said that [rererrer] really shouldn't be used in critical places but I am hoping > for more of anylitical reply. Does someone have the means in which to test what AOL > is putting out for their referrer??.... It's probably nothing. (if so this would be good to know) > Also, if anyone has ideas about how I could code this different to avoid deep linking I'd > appreciate the response.The referrer header is sent by the browser and is not guaranteed to contain anything of value. Opera allows you to supress all referrer headers; most proxy servers will remove them or replace them (hence the behavior you saw under AOL). Without a program to sniff out the traffic between the AOL browser and the server (Ethereal is quite nice), there is little that anyone can do. In addition, I have given up trying to predict what AOL is going to do; they have owned Netscape for more than 2 years now, yet the new AOL browser is still based on IE.There is little way to absolutely prevent deep linking, aside from authentication schemes using either cookies or logins. And even with the login option, it can be defeated.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Donovan Brooke wrote: > > I know it has been said that [rererrer] really shouldn't be used in critical places but I am hoping > for more of anylitical reply. Does someone have the means in which to test what AOL > is putting out for their referrer??.... It's probably nothing. (if so this would be good to know) > Also, if anyone has ideas about how I could code this different to avoid deep linking I'd > appreciate the response.The referrer header is sent by the browser and is not guaranteed to contain anything of value. Opera allows you to supress all referrer headers; most proxy servers will remove them or replace them (hence the behavior you saw under AOL). Without a program to sniff out the traffic between the AOL browser and the server (Ethereal is quite nice), there is little that anyone can do. In addition, I have given up trying to predict what AOL is going to do; they have owned Netscape for more than 2 years now, yet the new AOL browser is still based on IE.There is little way to absolutely prevent deep linking, aside from authentication schemes using either cookies or logins. And even with the login option, it can be defeated.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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