[lug] Httpd log question

[Calvin Dodge]

Bill Thoen wrote:
> I'm running RH9 with apache and as I was looking through my 
> /var/log/httpd/access_log file I noticed a lot of web "hits" aren't 
> showing the referring URL. For example, I see things like this:
> 
> 69.242.25.101 - - [28/Aug/2005:06:54:23 -0600] "GET /notebook/unusual.htm 
> HTTP/1.1" 200 8497 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 
> 5.0)"

That's a Comcast New Jersey address, so I'm automatically suspicious.

;^)


> Does anyone here know what other ways a web surfer can get to a page and
> leave no trace as to where they came from? I'm sort of curious because 
> it's my second-most popular page and I'd like to figure out what I'm doing 
> right.

Norton Internet Security allows a user to block her/his browser from 
sending referrer information, and it wouldn't surprise me if other 
security/privacy products provide the same option.

I don't know why people who block referrer information would congregate 
around that web page, though.

Calvin
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Calvin Dodge
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