SV: SV: [PHP] Re: HTTP_REFERER <-> Norton firewall
| From: | Martin Christian Koch | Date: | Sat, 24 May 2003 17:29:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | SV: SV: [PHP] Re: HTTP_REFERER <-> Norton firewall | ||
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>>>> Due to the fact that Norton firewall takes control of the value of
>>>> HTTP_REFERER, I want to find another way to secure data.
>>>HTTP_REFERER is set by the browser, so you can not rely on that!
>>Gee - thanks mate - that really helped ... or maybe not.
>>
>>Anybody knows a solution to the problem ?
>He told you exactly what you need to know - the REFERER line is set by
the
>client, and should not be used as a security mechanism.
So - he told me exactly what I need to know, huh ?
If you read the first 2 lines (written by me), I already THERE state
that I want to find ANOTHER way than using HTTP_REFERER, and the guy
tells me not to use HTTP_REFERER. Big help.
And the "use sessions" statement I can't use at all. As I said this is 2
http-servers interacting.
Martin