On 10/17/06, Richard Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've a system that relies quite heavily on CGI.SERVER_NAME.
>
> Is there a more robust an alternative to this?
I prefer to use CGI.HTTP_HOST. In Apache - at least with 1.3 a few
years ago - CGI.SERVER_NAME returned the value in the ServerNa
I've a system that relies quite heavily on CGI.SERVER_NAME.
Is there a more robust an alternative to this?
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By unknown I simply meant that it could be one of several possible
pages within the site. So yes, all potential pages are internal and we
do have control over those.
A littel more detail... The initial page has a drop down select box.
In the on change of that select I redirect to another page with
> So the question at hand should be how can you make a link that will go
> back one page (that page being unknown) and refresh it
By "unknown", do you mean literally any arbitrary page on the internet,
or an arbitrary page from within your site/application?
If it's the former, there probably isn'
On 10/16/06, Doug Bezona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Honestly though, the conclusion you probably should be coming to here is
> not to depend on the referrer info being present for anything
> meaningful, since there are a lot of things a potential user could have
> installed, or ways a browser mig
> -Original Message-
> From: Matt Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:47 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Apache, IE & cgi.http_referer
>
> On 10/16/06, Snake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Any variable that is co
> But can anybody explain why the variable shows in Firefox,
> but not IE? This makes me think there's an IE setting - maybe
> the security or privacy level. I'll play around with those.
There may well be a setting that you could change, that would change this
specific instance of behavior. But
On 10/16/06, Snake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any variable that is considered personal information and can be used for
> tracking purposes may not be sent.
>
> Russ
But can anybody explain why the variable shows in Firefox, but not IE?
This makes me think there's an IE setting - maybe the securi
Any variable that is considered personal information and can be used for
tracking purposes may not be sent.
Russ
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Sent: 16 October 2006 10:18
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Apache, IE & cgi.http_referer
Does the browser
Does the browser tend to do this with other CGI variables or is it mainly just
the referer one?
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Subject: Apache, IE & cgi.http_referer
On my laptop, I can't get IE to give me output for cgi.http_referer. A dump
of CGI shows it as a variable, but with empty string. Anyone else run into
this?
Sample code: Cancel
Real issue here is to go back one page, but to force that page to rel
Matt Williams wrote:
> On 10/15/06, Claude Schneegans wrote:
>>
>> The http_referer vartiable is set and transmitted by the browser,... if
>> it wants to.
>> If the browser does not set it, the CF server will not get it.
>
> How rude of the browser! Is this a setting the user can control?
If the u
On 10/15/06, Doug Bezona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are you by any chance running a security suite such as Zone Alarm, Norton
> Internet >Security or the like?
Nope. Pretty straightforward here.
Matt Q. said:
>The http_referer will only exist if the page load is a result of a link
>click or a
>>How rude of the browser!
Also note that is there is no referrer, the browser will not tell there
is one ;-)
The referrer is the page you clicked to get into the next page.
If the user gets directly to your page, by typing the address or by
bookmark,
there is no referrer.
>>Is this a setting
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Subject: Apache, IE & cgi.http_referer
On my laptop, I can't get IE to give me output for cgi.http_referer. A
dump of CGI shows it as a variable, but with empty string. Anyone else
run into this?
Sample code: Cancel
Real is
> > The http_referer vartiable is set and transmitted by the
> > browser,... if it wants to.
> > If the browser does not set it, the CF server will not get it.
>
> How rude of the browser! Is this a setting the user can control?
Not directly from within a standard browser, although there are lot
On 10/15/06, Claude Schneegans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>cgi.http_referer
>
> The http_referer vartiable is set and transmitted by the browser,... if
> it wants to.
> If the browser does not set it, the CF server will not get it.
How rude of the browser! Is
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Subject: Apache, IE & cgi.http_referer
On my laptop, I can't get IE to give me output for cgi.http_referer. A dump
of CGI shows it as a variable, but with empty string. Anyone else run into
this?
Sample code: Cancel
Real issue here is to go back one page, but to force that page
>>cgi.http_referer
The http_referer vartiable is set and transmitted by the browser,... if
it wants to.
If the browser does not set it, the CF server will not get it.
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On my laptop, I can't get IE to give me output for cgi.http_referer. A
dump of CGI shows it as a variable, but with empty string. Anyone else
run into this?
Sample code: Cancel
Real issue here is to go back one page, but to force that page to
reload. So a simple history.go(-1) doesn
Then you handle the fact that the variable doesn't exist
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Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:09 AM
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Subject: RE: cgi.HTTP_REFERER
But what if he doesn't have control over the calling page?
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From: Charl
But what if he doesn't have control over the calling page?
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From: Charles Sheehan-Miles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 5:06 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: cgi.HTTP_REFERER
You could try (on the calling page) writing a session variable fo
Ah...
That might not work. I don't think that a page with only a cflocation is
going to generate the referrer variable.
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From: Richard Colman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:22 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: cgi.HTTP_REFERER
Calling pa
You could try (on the calling page) writing a session variable for the
current page, then call that variable instead of cgi.http_referrer
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From: Coldfusion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:18 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: cgi.HTTP_REFERER
Why
, March 29, 2006 8:57 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: cgi.HTTP_REFERER
> Calling page is:
>
>
>
> Still not working.
I don't think that the Referer header is passed when you redirect using
CFLOCATION.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
Fig Leaf Software
> Calling page is:
>
>
>
> Still not working.
I don't think that the Referer header is passed when you redirect using
CFLOCATION.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized
instruction at our training centers in
Calling page is:
Still not working.
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From: Charles Sheehan-Miles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:43 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: cgi.HTTP_REFERER
This is kind of like asking to make sure your computer is plugged in (so
you've pro
Also you have to be going to that page from another page for it to have a
value...
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>
>
> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
WTF!! Dave may kindly ask if you have any insight into the logic behind that
little gem? ;-)
Thanks
CGI is a bit of a bastard because different web server software will return
deferent lists. This can be confounded with proxy servers and other system
> WTF!! Dave may kindly ask if you have any insight into the
> logic behind that little gem? ;-)
I can only speculate, but the set of CGI variables is dependent on the
browser and the server, so my presumption is that they did this to reduce
errors when checking CGI variables. I think it's kind
should (i believe) always be a
> key in the CGI scope (struct) for cgi.http_referer. However, the
> value of that key could be an empty string (if the user bookmarked the
> page, typed it in manually, etc).
>
>
> On 3/29/06, Richard Colman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> checks for it's existence
>
> Actually, I'm pretty sure that IsDefined always returns true for any CGI
> variable, whether it actually exists or not. For example, this would return
> true:
>
>
>
> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
WTF!! Dave may kindly ask if you have any insight into the l
> checks for it's existence
Actually, I'm pretty sure that IsDefined always returns true for any CGI
variable, whether it actually exists or not. For example, this would return
true:
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
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wrote:
>
> cgi variable exists
>
> cgi variable does not exist
>
>
>
> #CGI.HTTP_REFERER#
>
> However I am not getting anything back in the cgi variable.
>
> Any comments appreciated.
>
> Rick Colman
>
> Just to eliminate any other kind
checks for it's existence
half assed checks for it being blank
the non-half assed approach would be:
means it's blank
This var is often blank or incorrect due to proxys etc.
HTH
Cheers
Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
VP & Director of E-Commerce Development
Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
phone:
what is the result of the conditional?
the variable will always exist. there should (i believe) always be a
key in the CGI scope (struct) for cgi.http_referer. However, the
value of that key could be an empty string (if the user bookmarked the
page, typed it in manually, etc).
On 3/29/06
cgi variable exists
cgi variable does not exist
#CGI.HTTP_REFERER#
However I am not getting anything back in the cgi variable.
Any comments appreciated.
Rick Colman
Just to eliminate any other kind of white space characters, I usually do a trim
on anything I'm tryi
his to work, and the simple test case is:
>
>
>
> cgi variable exists
>
> cgi variable does not exist
>
>
>
> #CGI.HTTP_REFERER#
>
> However I am not getting anything back in the cgi variable.
>
> Any comments appreciated.
This transmi
I am trying to get this to work, and the simple test case is:
cgi variable exists
cgi variable does not exist
#CGI.HTTP_REFERER#
However I am not getting anything back in the cgi variable.
Any comments appreciated.
Rick Colman
ot; on the
page that tags the db counter each time the page is hit.
-Original Message-
From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 08 March 2006 09:48
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Tracking cgi.http_referer variables...
I'm trying to track the number of hits
from a site tha
a lot of problems
> such as anti=spyware, anti-virus, browser plugins, firewalls etc .
>
> Russ
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 08 March 2006 15:48
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Tracking cgi.http_referer variables...
>
&
Not all clients will NOT send http_refer, it is blocked by a lot of problems
such as anti=spyware, anti-virus, browser plugins, firewalls etc .
Russ
-Original Message-
From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 08 March 2006 15:48
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Tracking cgi.http_referer
ns a
> new browser window and that eliminates the possiblity of
> tracking the variable.
>
> Is there a way around this and still get the http_referer?
Well, first of all, you can never rely on CGI.HTTP_REFERER since it can be
removed by proxies, security packages, etc. Often, ads are
up to open a new browser window
when his ad image is clicked. I can't place code in the URL, either...
Rick
> -Original Message-
> From: Srinivasa Teja Palla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:02 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Tracking cgi.
Not sure if I read it properly, btu I think you can look at tag.
In the src attribute you can actually put a url. like "http://blah/file.php";
in this php file you get the http referrer. in the add you somewhere put this
img tag. in file.php, while doing whatever you want, you will put the src a
I'm trying to track the number of hits
from a site that a client has an ad on.
I have his site stats in a db, but found
not hits from that particular http_referer,
although I know there should be.
I think I tracked the problem to the fact
that the ad opens a new browser window
and that eliminates
Thanks Justin!
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From: Justin D. Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 1:26 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Maintaining CGI.HTTP_REFERER
> I need to maintain the url of the referer if the
> current page is reloaded seral times. Whats the
> I need to maintain the url of the referer if the
> current page is reloaded seral times. Whats the
> best method of acheiving this?
You could toss the value into a session variable, a cookie, a database, a
structure in an application variable... There are a lot of options for
keeping a value ar
Hello Again Gurus!
I need to maintain the url of the referer if the current page is reloaded
seral times. Whats the best method of acheiving this?
Eg: Visitor leaves a of pages "Page B,C,D,E,F or G" an goes to "Page A" page
A is reloaded several times. How do I maintain the refering page A severa
tring to the link or
hidden variable.
-Mark
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From: Brian Meloche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:54 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Alternative to cgi.http_referer - single signon
At the office, we've run into a bit of a snag with a scrip
is automatically
> generates an account on our system and doesn't require the user to
> sign into our system. This feature is a requirement to our
> application by the third party (our client).
>
> In this case, the consultant's code tries to authenticate from
> cg
n our system and doesn't require the user to
sign into our system. This feature is a requirement to our
application by the third party (our client).
In this case, the consultant's code tries to authenticate from
cgi.http_referer. The problem we're getting is that we're not gett
Donnie Carvajal wrote:
> So, any ideas on the best way to keep outside sites from submitting my
> forms?
Try using ticketmaster to buy some tickets, you'll see what is probably
one of the more effective methods... then scan the list archives for the
many discussions on methods of doing it. =)
Norton Internet Security and similar products will strip it.
-Original Message-
From: Donnie Carvajal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 10:41 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CGI.HTTP_REFERER is blank!
I am trying to check the CGI.HTTP_REFERER variable to keep outside sites
Donnie:
There's been a lot of discussion on this topic in the past. You can check
the House Of Fusion archives for them.
In general, the best method I've heard of is dynamically generating a unique
value on form display that needs to be submitted to the form processing
page. Basically, when the
Internet Privacy software will strip out the referrer oftentimes. With all
of the privacy issues and the software to address them, it might not be a
good idea to rely on CGI.HTTP_REFERERespecially since it can be forged
easily.
Marlon
> -Original Message-
> From: Donnie Ca
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From: Donnie Carvajal
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:40 AM
Subject: CGI.HTTP_REFERER is blank!
I am trying to check the CGI.HTTP
So, any ideas on the best way to keep outside sites from submitting my
forms?
-Original Message-
From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 10:50 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: CGI.HTTP_REFERER is blank!
Donnie:
The "Referer" header i
Sending a referrer is entirely up to the browser/system - most home firewall
software will prevent referrers from being sent for example.
You really should never use referrer as security mechanism it's just not
reliable enough.
Jim Davis
I am trying to check the CGI.HTTP_REFERER variab
t: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:41 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CGI.HTTP_REFERER is blank!
I am trying to check the CGI.HTTP_REFERER variable to keep outside sites
from submitting forms; however, I have seen some strange things. The same
form on one computer when the form is submitted will have data in
C
I am trying to check the CGI.HTTP_REFERER variable to keep outside sites from submitting forms; however, I have seen some strange things. The same form on one computer when the form is submitted will have data in CGI.HTTP_REFERER and on another computer, CGI.HTTP_REFERER is blank. Any ideas of
: Re: Does cgi.http_referer ALWAYS work?
On 7/1/02 9:22 AM, "S. Isaac Dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Do some firewalls prevent browsers passing on this variable?
>>
>> Yes
>
> I guess this would typically be the firewall at the user's locat
On 7/1/02 9:22 AM, "S. Isaac Dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Do some firewalls prevent browsers passing on this variable?
>>
>> Yes
>
> I guess this would typically be the firewall at the user's location preventing
> the data going out, rather than the firewall at the server's location
>
Cool! Thanks
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:44:45 +0100, Philip Arnold - ASP wrote:
> > I need to extract "d%3A%5Ctemp%5Ctestdir000\" and decode the
> > line so it appears as "d:\temp\testdir000\"
> >
> > I'm not sure of the correct syntax?
> >
> > http://127.0.0.1/test/index.cfm?dir=d%3A%5Ctemp%5Ctestd
> I need to extract "d%3A%5Ctemp%5Ctestdir000\" and decode the
> line so it appears as "d:\temp\testdir000\"
>
> I'm not sure of the correct syntax?
>
> http://127.0.0.1/test/index.cfm?dir=d%3A%5Ctemp%5Ctestdir000\
Look up URLdecode(), it does exactly that - unless you're running CF4.5,
then ther
Hi,
I need to extract "d%3A%5Ctemp%5Ctestdir000\" and decode the line so it appears as
"d:\temp\testdir000\"
I'm not sure of the correct syntax?
http://127.0.0.1/test/index.cfm?dir=d%3A%5Ctemp%5Ctestdir000\
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> A firewall would have to _strip_ the referer header from
> the HTTP request... a lot of work, and I can't imagine what
> additional security would be gained from doing this.
Imagine that you've got a relatively unsavory site with a bunch of links to
less unsavory sites. You might not want to
; > I have always regarded the use of HTTP_Referer as a security measure to
>be
> > rather poor, as it can easily be spoofed. So my sites don't rely on it,
> > although occassionally they may use it to refine error messages.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
&g
error messages.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> >The correct spelling is the American spelling - i.e. cgi.http_referer
> >even
> >though my outlook insists on arguing with me and changing it to referrer.
> >
> >But as you have discovered, not all browsers send the param
I have always regarded the use of HTTP_Referer as a security measure to be
rather poor, as it can easily be spoofed. So my sites don't rely on it,
although occassionally they may use it to refine error messages.
Cheers
>The correct spelling is the American spelling - i.e. cgi.http
The correct spelling is the American spelling - i.e. cgi.http_referer even
though my outlook insists on arguing with me and changing it to referrer.
But as you have discovered, not all browsers send the parameter, because the
anti-spamming measures adopted by a lot of people block it. This
ay. 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
Turn on "Debugging" on you development box. This should show
you all the values in the CGI scope.
Joe
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From: Cornillon, Matthieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 6:49 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CGI.HTTP_REFERER
Okay. I'm stump
Which web server and version of CF are running on this server? On my CF5/IIS5
server, I always have the exact same set of CGI variable (including
CGI.HTTP_REFERER), but some of them will sometimes have a zero length string
as there value. A firewall would have to _strip_ the referer header from
quot;CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 4:48 PM
Subject: RE: CGI.HTTP_REFERER
> I'm checking it in my Application.cfm. I want to see whether the page
> before the current page is from my site or not. If not, I want to do
> something different. I am
this with my IT department.
Thanks anyway,
Matthieu
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From: Douglas Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 7:05 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: CGI.HTTP_REFERER
The syntax on the first one is correct. Are you referencing it after a page
reque
Saturday, July 27, 2002 3:49 PM
Subject: CGI.HTTP_REFERER
> 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
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 differen
>>I doubt that you can do this without some assistance from the intervening
>>page. While browsers have a history object,
<<<
>>> > I currently use #CGI.HTTP_REFERER# to see the last page my user came
>>> > from, is there a way to look back 2 pages
.
Cheers
>From: "Jim Vosika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: CGI.HTTP_REFERER
>Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 08:03:45 -0500
>
>I mean for pages out of my control. Like say the user first goes to a
>
Message-
From: Pete Ruckelshaus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:15 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: CGI.HTTP_REFERER
Save it as a variable?
Pete
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From: "Jim Vosika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROT
Save it as a variable?
Pete
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From: "Jim Vosika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:19 PM
Subject: CGI.HTTP_REFERER
> I currently use #CGI.HTTP_REFERER# to see the last page my
>>>>I currently use #CGI.HTTP_REFERER# to see the last page my user came
>>from, is there a way to look back 2 pages?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>Jim Vosika
<<
I have never done this, but the javascript object model has a history object
which has the in
Not unless you pass the previous page as a variable of some sort (cookie, URL, form,
etc).
Kevin
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/08/02 03:19PM >>>
I currently use #CGI.HTTP_REFERER# to see the last page my user came
from, is there a way to look back 2 pages?
Thanks!
Jim Vosika
ht
I currently use #CGI.HTTP_REFERER# to see the last page my user came
from, is there a way to look back 2 pages?
Thanks!
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>> Do some firewalls prevent browsers passing on this variable?
>
> Yes
I guess this would typically be the firewall at the user's location preventing the
data going out, rather than the firewall at the server's location preventing the data
coming in... I'm not sure I understand the reasoning b
ing to have any work
> from me.
>
> So the test I've got on my page is if cgi.http_referer is the article, or
> elsewhere in my app, then they're granted access, other wise they get sent
> back to the article using
> However lately, I have had some users who can&#
cgi.http_referrer works most of the time... but not all ...
if a user attempts to go directly to a page ( for instance from a bookmark )
without passing through a previous page, then there isn't any
cgi.http_referrer variable when they get to the page... you can use to ensure that it's defined,
> Does cgi.http_referer always work with all browsers?
No.
> Do some firewalls prevent browsers passing on this variable?
Yes.
> Because if it's not provided my app will assume they have
> no right to be here and kick them out.
>
> How else can I check that t
I use cgi.http_referer on one of our sites. The issue that has arisen with
us is if someone has Firewall software installed on their computer or is
behind a really restricted firewall on their network. As far as I have been
able to determine, under such circumstances there is a chance that
to members only based
on the content management system's settings rather than my coldfusion
programming. If a content writer changes the status of the article, it also
changes the status of the CF application without needing to have any work
from me.
So the test I've got on my page is i
Is this no longer functional in 5.0? Did we miss something as it is not
working on our new 5.0 server.
Cfif not #cgi.http_referer# eq "index.cfm"
cflocation url="index.cfm"
/cfif
Thanks for any pointers.
Regards,
Eric J. Hoffman
Director of Internet Development
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> restricts access appropriately. The code I'm using is as
> follows:
>
>
even though there's no variable called CGI.FOO_BAR.
Second, and more important, you can't rely on CGI.HTTP_REFERER for any
serious security anyway, since it's sent by the browser,
Hi Michael,
I've checked out Opera for you and yup, cgi.HTTP_REFERER exists. In
regards to your code all i would do is rewrite it like this, but that
doesn't affect how it works in the browser:
...
Rgds
Dave A.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC
I have a page which allows access only if a user is coming from a specific page, and I
use http_referer to grant or deny access. But I don't think Opera gives this
variable. can anyone else verify that? And how do you get around it?
The situation is people buy access to an article or serie
using a meta refresh tag):
...the final page checks for the cgi.http_referer, and if it exists, it
performs a specific action:
...do something...
However, the http_referer variable is always returned as http://localhost/
without the directory or script information.
Any ideas as
Yes there!
This may sound overly naive but, on the index page of one of our web
applications,
I have done a check for the #cgi.http_referer# environment variable.
Then I have done a search through MNS (per say), where it links directly to
the (URL AND) template, the variable is defined but it
illa/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)
I guess we cannot do anything to prevent this to happen?
Thank you again.
Sima
-Original Message-
From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 12:35 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: cgi.http_referer problem
happen?
Thank you again.
Sima
-Original Message-
From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 12:35 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: cgi.http_referer problem
Short answer: Yes.
I've been running and logging referer tests for about 6 months now. I
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