| Posted at 22:43 on April 18th, 2005 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Guest | when i try to download a game, i got the msg...Error: No referrer string found. Please enable referrer logging for your browser and your firewall. what the hell is a referer string logging? |
| Posted at 05:00 on April 19th, 2005 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11619 | A referer is the page you came from when you went to the download page. This check is done to prevent other sites linking to our files directly and thus wasting our money. What browser are you using? ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
| Posted at 09:07 on April 19th, 2005 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11619 | Here's some quick help for the browsers I can check. I'll add this to the error message. If I'm mistaken anywhere or if there are additional browsers to add to this list, please let me know. Opera: Tools - Preferences - Privacy - Check 'Enable Referer Logging' Links 2: Setup - Network Options - HTTP Options - Uncheck 'No referer' and 'Fixed referer' Mozilla Firefox: Not possible to disable referer logging without extensions Dillo: Not possible to disable referer logging IBrowse: Not possible to disable referer logging Netscape 4: Not possible to disable referer logging Internet Explorer: Not possible to disable referer logging NetFront: Not possible to disable referer logging I'd also like to add a list of common firewalls and how to get around this problem with them, but I'm totally dependent on others on that question... Edited by Mr Creosote at 17:09 on April, 19th 2005 ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
| Posted at 12:19 on April 24th, 2005 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Member Retired Gumby Posts: 743 | Firefox, mozilla, netscape6+, k-meleon, galeon, and any other gecko based browser can have referer turned off. Type about:config into your address bar, now search for referer. You will see an option for referer header. Default is 2, 0 is off, I don't know what any other value would do. (I remember that one plugin had options for "always send referer", "send on clicks and images only", and "never send referer". Based on that, I'm guessing that a value of 1 would be links and images only.) It's also possible to make more specific changes to the referer in gecko browsers by editing certain configuration files. However, anyone who did that would know that they did it, and therefore how to undo it. ----- At the end of the day, you're left with a bent fork & a pissed off rhino. |
| Posted at 16:03 on April 24th, 2005 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11619 | Thanks, updated the list. ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
| Posted at 14:35 on April 25th, 2005 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 743 | Yeah, just about everything in a gecko browser can be changed via the about:config page. ----- At the end of the day, you're left with a bent fork & a pissed off rhino. |