Re: Linux 2.5 TODO on the web

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 18:44:54 EST


> > "binaries" have a HTTP-Referrer tag from a page on which they displayed their
> > ads, i.e., a regular HTML page. If you have a browser that does not properly
> > submit HTTP-Referrer's, FreeServers will gawk. Last I checked many versions of
> > Mozilla have this problem. w3m and lynx at least do not.
>
> Thanks for explanation, you can add links to your list of "broken" browsers :(

It isnt a 'broken' browser. Its a correctly implemented browser. Referrer is
an unacceptably flawed privacy problem. Good tools do not send referrer
entries.

Alan

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