Software firewall is installed and blocking http referral information. I think its BlackIce that does the ~~~~~~~. Pretty sure norton and Zone Alarm both just blank it out. At any rate http_reffer is not reliable enough to use for anything important...
Adam H On 10/31/05, Ali Awan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry for the double-post. > > However, there is something even more strange. > > > > I'm checking for the http_referer before I set session variables. Now in > this rare instance, the http_referer does not exist. Does anybody know how > this could happen? > > > > The user gets to the page from a form submit, and on my development box in > all tests that I run, the http_referer always exists. There's no way a > user > can navigate to that page without a submit, I already block users from > navigating to it directly. > > > > Another curious thing is that there are a couple of cgi variables on the > page when it errors out which are: > > http_~~~~~~~ and the value of that is a huge string of tildes like so: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Again if anyone has any insight on such an issue I would be extremely > grateful. > > > > Thanks, > > Ali > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222825 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
