Re: lynx-dev Re: clicktv search (was nothing)

[Klaus Weide]

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Mike Castle wrote:
> [ about clicktv requiring Referer ] 
> So, this could be more incentive to add multiple levels of Referer: for
> GET and POST data (none, partial (stopping at ?), full).
> 
> Klaus, do you have any URL handy that discusses the security aspects of
> this that could be passed on to the managers of that web site?
> 
> I'll be looking through my email archives to see if you posted anything
> before, but if you had something handy....

The best I have is the HTTP spec, now RFC 2616.  (Use your favorite
RFC place, or start with www.ietf.org.)  Search for "Referer" there.

There may be better explanations in the archives (e.g. by David Woolley?)
but I'd have to search for them like you.

   Klaus