From: Hal Finney <hal@rain.org>
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 13:50:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: referers and W3 (fwd)
Message-ID: <199705190529.WAA05241@crypt.hfinney.com>
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Eric Murray, <ericm@lne.com>, writes, regarding Referer spoofing:
> What would make sense to use, other than sending
> "http://this/is/a/bogus/referrer/sent/to/mess/up/your/stats"?
> How about sending the current URL as Referrer?

One practical idea would be to set up the config file so that whenever
URL X is referenced, specified URL Y is sent as the referer.  This could
be useful for accessing web sites which won't show you information unless
(or if) they see a certain value in the referer field.

Hal