Firefox

[ChrisM]

Uumm

 

just been reading in micro mart ( a UK pc magazine www.micromart.co.uk) that Firefox, by default sends out referer information to every last site you visit.

 

i.e. the last site you visted, the date and time etc etc. See PC flank

 

Anyways, this can be disabled the following way:

 

In the address bar, type about:config

 

scroll down to network.http.sendRefererHeader

and also network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer

 

On network.http.sendRefererHeader double click settings to 0

On network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer set to False

 

You can then test this here

[Guest anon]

Thanks for the info.

[dmzeplin]

Thanks for tips! I found that I get recommend to get AD-ware since I don't have one. I was wondering about AD-ware for Linux? Or best Anti-virus? Since I don't have one either!

[Darkelve]

Thanks for tips!  I found that I get recommend to get AD-ware since I don't have one.  I was wondering about AD-ware for Linux?  Or best Anti-virus?  Since I don't have one either! 

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You don't really need a spyware remover or anti-virus tool with Linux, as long as you're running as a normal user (and not root/administrator). For pop-ups or other advertising tricks, you can use the Adblock extension for Firefox.

[Havin_it]

I dunno, poppers are getting cleverer. I've had a few - the method, I believe, being to add the popup command to a link that you click for another purpose, eg:

 

<a href="innocent_page.htm" onClick="window.open(bastardPopUpScum.asp);">Innocent link</a>

 

BTW, I've got a value of 2 on network.http.SendReferrerHeader. Any idea what that means? I assumed these values would be boolean...

[adamw]

havin_it: adblock, with a _good_ filter set, has a very good record on blocking even the sneakiest of popups. adblock's somewhere up in my top ten list of Best Things Ever. :)

[Lowe]

Uumm

 

just been reading in micro mart ( a UK pc magazine www.micromart.co.uk) that Firefox, by default sends out referer information to every last site you visit.

 

i.e. the last site you visted, the date and time etc etc.  See PC flank

 

Anyways, this can be  disabled the following way:

 

In the address bar, type about:config

 

scroll down to  network.http.sendRefererHeader

and also network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer

 

On network.http.sendRefererHeader double click settings to 0

On network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer set to False

 

You can then test this here

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I don't recommend doing this, you will not be able to access some sites, some require referer information, and if for some reason the site cant get it they will not allow you to connect. Every browser sends out referer information as far as i know.

[iphitus]

Every browser since the dawn of time has sent referer information. Usually its just the url or domain of the last page open. There's no real harm in that.

 

I think you're just paranoid. - in this case about nothing.

Edited March 19, 2005 by iphitus

[Crashdamage]

I though this was a great tip, something I'd wanted to know how to do with Firefox and just hadn't put time into figuring out yet. Denial to a site should be very rare, since there are always times when referral information isn't available, like when you click on a bookmarks, type in a URL, click on a link in email or documents.

 

The ability to disable referrer information easily is an important resaon I used Opera for Win and Linux for a long time (or Links, which I'm using right now). Disabling it never caused any problem.

 

Maybe it's relatively unimportant and maybe I'm paranoid, but I take this stuff seriously, even if only just for the principle of it. And if denying referer information keeps me from accessing a site, I probably didn't really want to go there anyway.

Edited March 20, 2005 by Crashdamage

[iphitus]

Heh, i liked having this on, my old website recorded it and I could see what google searches people had done to find my site which was really cool.