- From: timeless <timeless@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 04:54:22 +0300
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Adam Barth <whatwg at adambarth.com> wrote: > I've been investigating the following question: > > Suppose frame A calls a function defined by frame B, which calls the > open() method of frame C. ?What URL is sent in the Referer header? > > My testing shows the following: > > Internet Explorer 8: No Referer sent > Firefox 3: A's URL > Safari 3.2: A's URL > Google Chrome 2: A's URL > Opera 9.52: C's URL > > My reading of the HTML 5 spec (which is somewhat confusing on this > point) seems to indicate that B's URL will be sent. ?Although I agree > that B's URL is the "morally" right URL to send, it appears that > browsers favor A's URL. A is the context running scripts, so it is in the driver seat. It referred you to the url.
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