On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Christian Meunier wrote:

> In my app im using referes a lot and that works perfectly under IE.
> The request.getHeader("Referer") returns what it should be.
> However , under netscape, request.getHeader("Referer") always returns the NULL value.

The browser is under no obligation to report the referring page.
And even if it were, given the lip service these standards usually
get, you couldn't count on it anyway.

Ergo, your application should not rely on this mechanism.

//Mikko



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