referers and W3 (fwd)

[Hal Finney]

Eric Murray, <ericm at lne.com>, writes, regarding Referer spoofing:
> What would make sense to use, other than sending
> "http://this/is/a/bogus/referrer/sent/to/mess/up/your/stats"?
> How about sending the current URL as Referrer?

One practical idea would be to set up the config file so that whenever
URL X is referenced, specified URL Y is sent as the referer.  This could
be useful for accessing web sites which won't show you information unless
(or if) they see a certain value in the referer field.

Hal