Webmaster forum - IE question - disabling referer

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IE question - disabling referer

Gerry White

2005-09-30, 6:42 am

I know its possible, at least in other browsers to disable the feature that
lets websites see where you came from ...

The reason I need to do this is that I often go from a website I can't let
any one know about, to the websites who would be particularly interested in
it ...

So how do I fix it so I don't come up in the logs ?

Cheers G

SpaceGirl

2005-09-30, 6:42 am

Gerry White wrote:
> I know its possible, at least in other browsers to disable the feature that
> lets websites see where you came from ...
>
> The reason I need to do this is that I often go from a website I can't let
> any one know about, to the websites who would be particularly interested in
> it ...
>
> So how do I fix it so I don't come up in the logs ?
>
> Cheers G

Use a different browser. As far as I know, you cannot change this in
vanilla Internet Explorer.

William Tasso

2005-09-30, 6:28 pm

Writing in news:alt.www.webmaster
From the safety of the cafeteria
Gerry White <anom@NoWhere.ocm> said:

> I know its possible, at least in other browsers to disable the feature
> that
> lets websites see where you came from ...
>
> The reason I need to do this is that I often go from a website I can't
> let
> any one know about, to the websites who would be particularly interested
> in
> it ...
>
> So how do I fix it so I don't come up in the logs ?

web proxies and some firewalls can be configured to do this - which have
the advantage of working with all browsers you may use.

however - what happens when you access the link from another workstation?

or if someone else (or a bot) follows the link?

perhaps a server side solution would be better - although I can't think of
one now.

maybe http://tinyurl.com

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William Tasso

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SpaceGirl

2005-09-30, 6:28 pm

Gerry White wrote:
> "SpaceGirl" <nothespacegirlspam@subhuman.net> wrote in message
> news:1128068627.724664.117960@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
> OK - so I can disable it in Firefox / Opera ?
>
> Gerry

Yeah. You can disable it.

Beauregard T. Shagnasty

2005-09-30, 6:28 pm

Gerry White wrote:

> "SpaceGirl" <nothespacegirlspam@subhuman.net> wrote
>
>
> OK - so I can disable it in Firefox / Opera ?

Yes. Here's the Firefox/Mozilla PrefBar. See the checkbox?
http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagn...ges/prefbar.png
Get it here: http://prefbar.mozdev.org/

Opera: Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Network
Uncheck "Enable referrer logging"

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