[thelist] Netscape 6.1: No referer in https mode

[muinar]

I just checked with some alternative browsers whether they send a referer
or not:

ie 5.5         ->   ok
Opera 6.0      ->   ok
Netscape 4.7   ->   ok
Netscape 6.2   ->   nope

(Netscape 6.1  ->   nothing)

It came to my ears that NS 4+ could have problems sending private data
with its referer when clicking on a link in an email. But I cannot believe
that they dumped the referer altogether for this reason. Imagine, all the
log analysis tools not working!

Who can share some detail information about this issue?

And - who has experience setting up credit card forms with AuthorizeNet,
that work with NS 6? I don't like the idea that I have to exclude them
from signing up.

Mike


At 09:00 23.01.02 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi list
>
>I'm in need of your assistance. Netscape 6.1 doesn't seem to
>send a referer when it's in https mode. I tested it after I
>found out to my horror that a signup form doesn't
>work with this browser - AuthorizeNet requires a valid
>referer!
>
>Anyone knows of a workaround? And - anyone knows if other versions/
>browsers have the same issue?
>
>Thanks a lot
>
>Mike
>
>
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