HTTP_WEFERER

[troy]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 02:14:55PM -0500, Warren Raquel wrote:
> I don't rely on HTTP_REFERER, it's just one of a few different safeguards. 
> All information is checked against a database and session cookies anyway, I 
> just use HTTP_REFERER to prevent direct access to some pages from offsite 
> (i.e. only refered to from specific pages within the site) to reduce some 
> headaches and that's after checking credentials. I'm just wondering why I 
> can't find more information on it on the web. :)

Did you try google groups?  Usenet is often a far better resource than the
web for obscure things like this.  (o.k., gg is a web interface to usenet
archives, but you know what i mean...)

-troy (really, i *love* NBLUG!)