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Re: how to test browser referer behaviour

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From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Organization PointedEars Software (PES)
Date 2013-03-06 20:32 +0100
Subject Re: how to test browser referer behaviour
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
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ñull wrote:
^^^^
Your full real name belongs there.

> For a security minded client I need to find a way to warn an Intranet
> visitor to to turn off network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer setting in
> Firefox. Ideally I would like to deny access to the Intranet users when
> has the default which is true (thereby sending referrer information to SSL
> sites).
> 
> What would be the easiest way to detect this and to deny access.

To answer the question that you did not ask: You need to do that server-
side.  Which ECMAScript-based technology have you available there?

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how to test browser referer behaviour ñull <comunica2sc@gmail.com> - 2013-03-06 10:34 -0800
  Re: how to test browser referer behaviour Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-06 20:32 +0100
    Re: how to test browser referer behaviour John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2013-03-07 10:29 +0000
  Re: how to test browser referer behaviour Danny <dann90038@gmail.com> - 2013-03-07 15:10 -0800
    Re: how to test browser referer behaviour Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-08 20:55 +0100

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