[NTLUG:Discuss] M$ strikes again

[MadHat]

On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 21:46, Greg Edwards wrote:
> Not strictly a linux question, but it is an open standards (HTTP) and 
> open source (Apache) question.
> 
> I've come across a problem with an M$ browser that does not send the 
> HTTP_REFERER field with any requests.  Every request has "-" in the 
> referer field.  Like a fool I use this to validate access to some CGI 
> programs for security reasons.  These are not redirects or foreign links.
> 
> Is there a way to force the browser to send it or did Mr. Bill screw me 
> again?  So far my I've only found 1 user in my logs that has this 
> problem.  It's a recent MSIE update so I'm sure I'll be seeing more!!

What version?  What's it claim to be.  I have not seen this.  Are you
sure theya re not behind a proxy that might be stripping the data out?

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`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here...'
   -- Lewis Carroll - _Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland_