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Better to disable than spoof. Lots of CDNs and download mirrors are configured to allow blank ones (so techie folks can access) but disallow unapproved existing
by JohnTHaller 5y ago
Better to disable than spoof. Lots of CDNs and download mirrors are configured to allow blank ones (so techie folks can access) but disallow unapproved existing referrers (to prevent leeching bandwidth).
- perihelions 5y agoYes, but Firefox' spoofing option that I linked sends the target URL as a self-referrer, which is benign. It's the same behavior as navigating internal links.
- JohnTHaller 5y agoNot when going between sub-domains. dns.example.com will usually only allow referrers of either blank or example.com.