Some firewalls (such as Norton's - I know this from personal experience), block or change the http_referer that is sent from the browser to the server. In the case or Norton, it gets changed to http_weferer, and consists of a rather random looking alphabet soup.
Cheers, Mark >Okay. I'm stumped. I had this whole lovely plan for something I'm working >on. It involved looking at the value of CGI.HTTP_REFERER. But that value >isn't coming up on my radar. It doesn't matter what browser I use. It's >just not there. I've tried different spellings (REFERRER, REFERER), looped >through every variable available, put a reference without a variable scope >prefix, everything. It just doesn't show up. > >I understand that the CGI variables returned are based on the server >configuration. So I guess my entire pile of questions is: > >A) Am I doing something simple and obviously stupid? > >B) What would I have to do to my server to get it to return this variable: >is it on the CFAS side, or on the HTTP-server-software side? > >Thanks for any help anyone can give. I need this blasted variable!! > >Matthieu > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists