[thelist] Passing data from one site to another

[aardvark]

> From: "Michele Foster" <michele at wordpro.on.ca>
[...] 
> Can I *insist* that the page on the secure server that is receiving
> the data, ONLY accept it if the data comes from the URL I specify?  Is
> there an http referrer tag that can be used in this instance?  Are my
> concerns justified?

yes, you can insist that... with a couple caveats...

- referrers can be spoofed... quite easily...

- not all browsers send good referrers...