On Wed, 3 May 2006 20:33:59 -0400, Bob Rutledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just click on the "Passed URL". > The "Passed URL" is identical to that Phil posted and, depending on browser, loops back to the login screen. I suspect the server uses the "Referer:" field to verify (weakly) that the user has passed through the login screen rather than deep-linking (as Phil did).
I believe "Referer:" is permitted but not required (if you believe otherwise, provide a citation), and eschewed by some users of some browsers as a privacy issue (I may not want any site to know any part of the URL of my bookmarks page, for example.) > Craddock, Chris wrote: > ... > > It'd be nicer if that link didn't take you straight to a login screen. > > Wanna give us the reader's digest version of the supposed problem? -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
