FYI: you can't identify REFERER if... - GoFuckYourself.com

Serge Litehead · 04-15-2004, 11:43 PM

if your visitors use Norton Internet Security/Norton Personal Firewall
in such case
instead of [HTTP_REFERER] => http://your-traffic-source.com
you get something like [HTTP_WEFERER] => CJVTLBXFGGMEPYOQKEDOTWFAOBUZXU
so your logs count a hit but the ref-source cannot be identified

do you know any other firewalls that block refs from being sent?

more info

woj · 04-16-2004, 12:10 AM

I see blocked referers all the time in the logs, so probably it's not just Norton but some other software too that does that.

Serge Litehead · 04-16-2004, 01:05 AM

My guess would be that if the log has no referer that hit considered as bookmarked although some of them aren't actual bookmarks.

04-15-2004, 11:43 PM	#1
Serge Litehead Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind the scenes Posts: 5,190	FYI: you can't identify REFERER if... if your visitors use Norton Internet Security/Norton Personal Firewall in such case instead of [HTTP_REFERER] => http://your-traffic-source.com you get something like [HTTP_WEFERER] => CJVTLBXFGGMEPYOQKEDOTWFAOBUZXU so your logs count a hit but the ref-source cannot be identified do you know any other firewalls that block refs from being sent? more info

04-16-2004, 12:10 AM	#2
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04-16-2004, 01:05 AM	#3
Serge Litehead Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind the scenes Posts: 5,190	My guess would be that if the log has no referer that hit considered as bookmarked although some of them aren't actual bookmarks.