Re: Is there a way to identify the a user in a web request?

It's been traditional for crawlers to specify an email or web URI in the
"From:" header of any HTTP requests they make; this could readily be used
for an identifying link.

All the best,


Leon


On 24 May 2013 11:53, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:

> In most communication protocols it's possible to specify a sender
>
> For example, when I send a letter I can write my address on the back
>
> When I make a phone call, it's possible to have "caller display" to see
> who's calling
>
> When sending an email I can see who the email is from
>
> But on the web, it's not obvious how to do this
>
> Does anyone have a solution to this, or why it may be a bad idea?
>



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