On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > It's a 1 line rule with mod_rewrite and apache to block > nonexistant or off-site http referers attempting to display > GIF/JPG/PNG images... Sometimes I wonder why Citibank, > Paypal and others don't do this. It would cut down on the > displayed authenticity level of many basic phishes.
Because many (broken) browsers/proxies/"firewalls"/etc block or forge referrer headers "for security" and they'd quadruple their tech support load with all their idiot customers using Norton Internet Security or other similar products calling in saying "why don't I get any images on the site? waah!" This simply isn't an option in the real world. -- Tim Wilde [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Dynamic Network Services, Inc. http://www.dyndns.org/
