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user cannot post when HTTP referer check enabled
#214993 06/28/2008 8:27 PM
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a user has been having problems posting. she says she is behind a firewall, and IT may be attempted to block my site.

however, her inability to post only occurs when "HTTP Referer Check" is enabled.

what's the connection here?

and do i really need to have HTTP Referer Check enabled?

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Re: user cannot post when HTTP referer check enabled
KuKuKaChu #214994 06/28/2008 8:53 PM
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It's because her firewall blocks the referrer variable from your site; it should have an option to not block it...

Some idiots at these firewall companies seem to think it's a vast privacy error to show where a user just came from, which in turn mucks up security.

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Re: user cannot post when HTTP referer check enabled
Gizmo #214996 06/28/2008 9:15 PM
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i see. thanks for that. looks like i may have to disable referer checks frown

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