But the referrer is supplied by the browser, so he has no control at all whether that information will be available. If he knows for sure none of his users have any software that might strip the information, he would be fine, but beyond that, it's just not reliable.
On 7/3/07, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, but isn't this guy talking about needing the referring page on a > system that he controls? My understanding was that he needed the > referrer from page to page *within his own app*. > > Chris > > Doug Bezona wrote: > > On 7/3/07, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> How about using CGI.HTTP_REFERRER? > >> > > > > > > This is getting to be less and less useful. Many of the internet > security > > software packages (Norton, ZoneAlarm, etc.) scrub the referrer info from > the > > user's http request as part of the privacy features. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282838 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
