Closed Bug 61660 Opened 24 years ago Closed 8 years ago

[meta] HTTP_REFERER Bugs (referrer)

Categories

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect, P3)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking: HTTP
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: jacob, Unassigned)

References

(Depends on 3 open bugs)

Details

(Keywords: meta) 

A tracking bug for bugs dealing w/HTTP_REFERER
Depends on: 48902, 55028, 56977, 61426
Keywords: meta
OS: other → All
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: [meta] HTTP_REFERER Bugs → [meta] HTTP_REFERER Bugs (referrer)
adding some more dependencies
Depends on: 60141, 64248
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Depends on: 66111
Depends on: 81339
No longer depends on: 81339
qa to me.
QA Contact: tever → benc
Referer is not sent on background images as in:
  <BODY background="somebackground.gif"> ... </BODY>
Should I have made this a separate bug?  I figured putting them in one place was
the whole idea.
william: please file a separate bug for that issue, and add it to this bugs
dependency list.  thanks!
Depends on: 97216
Bug 96485 should be added to list.
Adding bug 96485.
Depends on: 96485
Depends on: 119478
Depends on: 55477
Depends on: 74284
Depends on: 121093
Depends on: 141641
Depends on: 144094
Adding bug 145579, privacy vulnerability: new HTTP_REFERER available on old page
when unloading old page (i.e. when a user types in a new url in the address bar
the old page can log the next url you're visiting)
Depends on: future_referer
Depends on: 155052
Depends on: 92629
QA Contact: benc → tever
Adding bug 170477 (no referer for XMLHttpRequest()s)
Depends on: 170477
Alias: referer
Depends on: 137342, 151438
Depends on: 170722
No longer depends on: 186030
I'm working on more testcases. If there is a bug in this area you think needs
analysis to be fixed for 1.4, please email me (do not post here).

There is also some (brief) documentation in the works.
QA Contact: tever → httpqa
Depends on: 226548
Depends on: 266554
Blocks: 216596
Assignee: darin → nobody
Target Milestone: Future → ---
Depends on: 376189
Depends on: 577551
Depends on: 584480
Depends on: 639902
Depends on: 704320
Depends on: 822869
Depends on: 397082
Depends on: 587523
Depends on: 966505
Depends on: 970092
Depends on: 970136
I'm closing tracking bugs that aren't being used for active projects in necko - they're just cluttering things up (tags work better now).
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
Depends on: 1279866

I'm removing the "referer" alias so this alias does not defeat attempts to use bugzilla's quick search and since arguably there is no utility in having a closed-as-incomplete meta bug using up an alias.

Alias: referer
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