Huh? They can still be coming from your site, but the referer is blank or something other than what you expect. It's the client (browser) that sets the referer field. In the case of a proxy, it might re-write or blank out the browser's referer field.
--Eric -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerry Danen Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [php_mysql] Re: Protecting my database... On 6/28/06, Eric Balsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is no real way to stop this (assuming no authentication mechanism). > > HTTP_REFERER is not a proper way to check since i.e AOL use proxy servers > for their subs. In that case, the referer is set to the proxy (or nothing > at > all). That's fine. Then you know they are not coming from your site... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] The php_mysql group is dedicated to learn more about the PHP/MySQL web database possibilities through group learning. Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/CefplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> The php_mysql group is dedicated to learn more about the PHP/MySQL web database possibilities through group learning. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php_mysql/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
