Comments on: Getting Referring URL information http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/getting-referring-url-information/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:57:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: amigus http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/getting-referring-url-information/#comment-42392 amigus Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:12:29 +0000 #comment-42392 As pointed out in a previous post AV software will often remove the referring URL from the request and in addition just as software can remove the referring URL it can also change it or create it making this method of authentication *very* insecure. If this site protects anything meaningful I strongly suggest you adopt another method of verification. As pointed out in a previous post AV software will often remove the referring URL from the request and in addition just as software can remove the referring URL it can also change it or create it making this method of authentication *very* insecure. If this site protects anything meaningful I strongly suggest you adopt another method of verification.

]]> By: TimG123 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/getting-referring-url-information/#comment-42393 TimG123 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:47:52 +0000 #comment-42393 This is usually caused by the user having some type of antivirus software installed on their machine such as Norton Internet Security. There is a setting to block the referring URL. Unless you are able to control the user's desktop, you cannot rely on the referring URL since you cannot guarantee that it will be populated. If your application is accessible by the general public then you will need to use another method to get the information that you need rather than the referring url for example using the query string. This is usually caused by the user having some type of antivirus software installed on their machine such as Norton Internet Security. There is a setting to block the referring URL.

Unless you are able to control the user’s desktop, you cannot rely on the referring URL since you cannot guarantee that it will be populated. If your application is accessible by the general public then you will need to use another method to get the information that you need rather than the referring url for example using the query string.

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