The following reply was made to PR mod_log-any/4129; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Jacques Distler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mod_log-any/4129: Instructions for simulating RefererIgnore
incorrect
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 17:11:58 -0500
I'm not sure what we are quibbling about.
The NCSA http-referer log, with the RefererIgnore directive, ignored blank
HTTP_REFERER fields and HTTP_REFERER fields which are URIs from the named web
site.
I expect that there are various different regular expressions one could
write down which would accomplish this in mod_log_referer. However, if the
documentation states that
mod_log_referer and
SetEnvIf Referer REGEXP
simulate the NCSA behaviour
then they ought to do that. The fact that mod_log_referer logs null
HTTP_REFERER fields is a departure from the behaviour of NCSA http-referer
log. That should be noted in the docs.
Perhaps my modification of your sample REGEXP only muddies the issue.
