I think that's pretty likely. A proxy could strip that stuff out as part of a
privacy policy.
Would this problem be likely to be at the server end, or the client end? Is this
for a client extranet (in which case it would probably be client end) or general
Internet (in which case it must be server end)?
David
Brian Mitter wrote:
>
> Yep, I realise that, what I mean though is that the referer is NEVER
> there, for example I ran a few log files through webtrends and it came up
> with no referers whatsoever. v.strange!
> I've checked and in the properties for logging in IIS it is definitely
> enabled to log the referer. I've ran tests by setting up a link on
> another server to a page on our server and getting it to display the
> referer but got nada... If I put this test page with the link on our
> server though and have it link to another page on our server it does then
> give the referer... is it possible for the the firewall to strip out the
> referer or something odd like that?
> I'm not to "up" on firewalls so dont laugh too hard if that sounds
> ridiculous! :) I'm clutching at straws here...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 12:29 AM
> Subject: Re: HTTP_REFERER Problem
>
> > The referer is only filled in (that is, "extruded" haha) if the user
> clicks
> > on a hyperlink to get to your site. If you are browsing a site and
> simply
> > type in a new URL then the referer is blank.
> >
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Brian Mitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 6:39 PM
> > Subject: HTTP_REFERER Problem
> >
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > > Any IIS wizards out there have any idea why we can never retrieve
> the
> > > HTTP_REFERER variable if the user has come from ANOTHER
> server/domain? If
> > > they come from another page on our server/domain we can retrieve the
> page
> > > in HTTP_REFERER otherwise it is empty.
> > > It is turned ON in the logging, is there anywhere else it can be
> turned
> > > off in IIS?
> > > Thanks
> > > Brian
> > >
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