On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Frederic L. W. Meunier wrote:
> On 2000-03-30 (Today) at 14:03 -0600, Klaus Weide typed:
> | On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Frederic L. W. Meunier wrote:
> |
> | > Now let me explain. I was getting access denied because I set
> | > NO_REFERER_HEADER:FALSE and NO_FILE_REFERER:FALSE in my
> | > ~/.lynx.cfg. Today I talked about with the sysadmin. They
> | > don't accept if the first is FALSE.
> | >
> | > BTW, I had the same problem with the site http://registro.br/
> | > (the nic in Brazil). With it set to FALSE I was getting the
> | > same page after searching for a domain.
> |
> | I suppose you mean s/FALSE/TRUE/g ? (Watch the double negatives.)
> | It would be unusual if they denied access if a referer header _is_
> | sent. Is that actually the case?
>
> No, they only 'deny' with FALSE, but don't show any message,
> just load the same page you were when you submitted the data.
> Those sites could at least show why you're getting errors with
> NO_REFERER_HEADER:FALSE. The whois at NetworkSolutions is fine.
That just doesn't make sense - they *want* a referer header.
Expected:
NO_REFERER_HEADER:FALSE - Lynx sends Referer - site 'works'
NO_REFERER_HEADER:TRUE - Lynx doesn't send Referer - site misbehaves
You are saying:
NO_REFERER_HEADER:FALSE - ??? - site misbehaves
NO_REFERER_HEADER:TRUE - ??? - site 'works'?
I get the expected behavior with <http://registro.br/>, not what
you claim. Has NO_REFERER_HEADER been broken since the code I am
using (which isn't the latest)? Can you fill in the '???' (look
at trace)?
Klaus
