[whatwg] Calcuating Referer for window.open()
Adam Barth
whatwg at adambarth.com
Tue May 26 23:52:41 PDT 2009
I've been investigating the following question:
Suppose frame A calls a function defined by frame B, which calls the
open() method of frame C. What URL is sent in the Referer header?
My testing shows the following:
Internet Explorer 8: No Referer sent
Firefox 3: A's URL
Safari 3.2: A's URL
Google Chrome 2: A's URL
Opera 9.52: C's URL
My reading of the HTML 5 spec (which is somewhat confusing on this
point) seems to indicate that B's URL will be sent. Although I agree
that B's URL is the "morally" right URL to send, it appears that
browsers favor A's URL.
Adam
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