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HTTP_REFERER is already set whenever the browser supplies it, as required
by the CGI spec. The only effect of this patch is to set it to "an unknown
referer" if the browser did *not* supply it, which is in violation of the
CGI spec.

rst

OOOPS... sorry --- I was misreading. What this patch *really* does
is to set the variable for <!--#echo--> in includes. With that, I
agree with Chuck; probably worthwhile, but a new feature.

[ Next time, Robert, please read more closely ].

rst

Hmm - would a more general approach be to make sure that all CGI
variables are available to SSI #echo?

Brian

On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Chuck Murcko wrote:
> Ok, it seemed to me we weren't getting HTTP_REFERER in our ssi scripts
> without it. Your call.
>
> Robert S. Thau liltingly intones:
> >
> > HTTP_REFERER is already set whenever the browser supplies it, as required
> > by the CGI spec. The only effect of this patch is to set it to "an unknown
> > referer" if the browser did *not* supply it, which is in violation of the
> > CGI spec.
> >
>
> chuck
> Chuck Murcko Telebase Systems, Inc. Wayne PA chuck@telebase.com
> And now, on a lighter note:
> Consultants are mystical people who ask a company for a number and then
> give it back to them.
>
>

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