Re: [users@httpd] HTTPS local site -> HTTP remote destination & referer pass-through

2011-12-15 Thread Christoph Pilka
Hi Tom et al. hm, OK. I've noticed that some sites do exactely what we need in our case: disobeying this "SHOULD NOT" in RFC 2616. E.g. I'm logged in at Facebook and click a link to one of the sites I have log access to. I'm using HTTPS at the Facebook site. The referer header appears within my

Re: [users@httpd] HTTPS local site -> HTTP remote destination & referer pass-through

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Evans
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Christoph Pilka wrote: > Howdy, > > according to RFC 2616 chapter 15.1.3 "Clients SHOULD NOT include a Referer > header field in a (non-secure) HTTP request if the referring page was > transferred with a secure protocol" which makes sense in certain > circumsta

[users@httpd] HTTPS local site -> HTTP remote destination & referer pass-through

2011-12-15 Thread Christoph Pilka
Howdy, according to RFC 2616 chapter 15.1.3 "Clients SHOULD NOT include a Referer header field in a (non-secure) HTTP request if the referring page was transferred with a secure protocol" which makes sense in certain circumstances because of sensitive data the HTTPS request would hand over. But