- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:22:00 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, S. Mike Dierken wrote: > > > > > > Or is it just "hitting" -- making an hidden HTTP GET request of each > > > token in the "ping" attibute? > > > > Right. Hidden HTTP POST request, as it happens, but yes. > > Oh, that really shouldn't be done via POST. Clicking a link should be > safe and sending a POST as a side-effect is not safe. GET means that you can do it again without affecting anything. In the case of tracking, you can't -- the very act of contacting that tracking URI can cost someone money. Hence POST. (This is another advantage of ping over redirects, come to think of it.) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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