Re: /check/referer not working from Bjoern Hoehrmann on 2003-03-23 (www-validator@w3.org from March 2003)

From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:46:49 +0100
To: "Stan" <nospam@mistymountains.us>
Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <3ed20e8d.338137005@smtp.bjoern.hoehrmann.de>

* Stan wrote:
>Not sure how long its been broke, but links back to your validation 
>using the http://validator.w3.org/check/referer URI are not working. I
>have had to give full expression like this to work:
>
>http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.pcarc.net/about.html
>
>Even your own buttons are not working!  ;-)

In order to work, your request to the server must contain a `Referer`
HTTP Header. Your request obviously does not, either your browser does
not send such a header, or a proxy filters it out, some Personal
Firewalls, AntiVirus and Ad-Blocker Software suppresses acts as such a
proxy, maybe that's the problem...

Received on Sunday, 23 March 2003 14:45:45 UTC