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Old March 6th, 2006, 10:15 AM
Al
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Default zone alarm (pro) - block referer

Hi

i'm having troble with a script where i check referer, on a PC with Zone
Alarm Pro the referer isn't send...

i did a couple of page of testing and no referer is sand, closing ZAP the
referer will work

How can i solve this, do you know wich option is in zone alarm that dosen't
send referer

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Old March 6th, 2006, 12:15 PM
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"Al" <none@noooooowhere.it> wrote in message
news:1fzl9s2pfw7b2$.1hfuvq3gopr8m$.dlg@40tude.net. ..[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> i'm having troble with a script where i check referer, on a PC with Zone
> Alarm Pro the referer isn't send...
>
> i did a couple of page of testing and no referer is sand, closing ZAP the
> referer will work
>
> How can i solve this, do you know wich option is in zone alarm that
> dosen't
> send referer[/color]

You can use HTTP_REFERER, but don't expect it to be there. Browsers will
not always send that header, regardless of firewalls between them and your
server, so relying on it isn't a great idea. Sure - take advantage of it if
it's present, but don't let your code get upset if it's not there ;)

dave


 

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