Re: [whatwg] Referer header sent with <a ping>?

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Julian Reschke wrote:
> 
> So why not use something else for filtering ping requests? Why does it 
> need to use the Referer header?

We're not trying to use Referer to filter ping requests. We're trying to 
prevent sites that look at the Referer header from thinking that the 
header is absent or that it has a value that is from its own domain.

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Received on Tuesday, 12 February 2008 22:18:46 UTC