Re: FN-FORUM: Norton Security Gurus?

date posted 28th August 2004 18:44

On 28 Aug 2004 18:36:10 -0000, Craig [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I've just found that if a certain page on a site I'm building is viewed on a
> PC with Norton Security 2003 installed then it seems to strip off the HTTP
> Header info. The bit of asp code that's causing a problem is:-
>
> fromsite = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
>
> if instr(fromsite, "latebreakrentals.co.uk") Response.Redirect("default.asp")
> end if
>
> I'm just trying to make sure that a form post to this page actually came
> from the same site.
>
> Does anyone know if Norton Security does this or a way round it? It works
> fine with an ordinary XP firewalled connection or no firewall at all.
>
> TIA
>
> Craig

This came up yesterday in the thread titled 'referer problems' as far
as I remember its a problem with norton and you can change the
settings in there... sorry can't remember more - switched to gmail as
it makes messages so much easier to read and don't have the whole of
that thread to hand.