hide referrer

s60addict · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:05 am

hi guys

is there any php script that has "Anonymous Hyperlink Redirection" which hides the referrer from which the link is referred ???

To use the anonymous redirection, u have to write sumthin like

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Thanks !

kguske · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 4687

Hides the referrer from what?

s60addict · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:30 am

Well, hiding the referrer from his site link being displayed in the other person's statistics !!!

it is same as anonym.to does !!! but anonym is dedicated for these links while i want a single file redirection script which can hide my referring identity from being listed in the stats of the other person !!!

evaders99 · Moderator Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 2796

Unfortunatley that's not built into phpNuke. You'll need to add some code to basically every module throughout phpNuke to get that to function.

s60addict · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:21 am

no no !!!

i dont need a phpnuke script but just a simple PHP script !!! single file !!!

evaders99 · Moderator Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 2796

Do a search and replace string for every href= line

s60addict · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:32 am

i have performed a search but cant find the script im looking for !!!

s60addict · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:59 am

i actually mean that How do I hide my referrer URL from other websites? If someone clicks on a link from my website and goes to the other, how do I hide my referrer URL from it?

kguske · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 4687

It would help to understand how referrer's work. Since it's controlled by the browser, it isn't something you can control on your site, at least not for referrers on the sites to which you link, unless you can convince all your visitors to use a custom browser or one that disables referrers.

But you can use a dereferer service to sort of spoof the referrer. To do this, your links would have to change. For more information, see

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.

Also, adding exclamation points to everything you say doesn't encourage people to respond.

kguske · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 4687

OK, so before you respond with more exclamation points... anonym.to IS a dereferer, and no, there isn't a way to do this from your own site - at least not that I'm aware of.

kguske · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 4687

A quick Google search of "php dereferer script" found this:

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But there is some question as to whether it works.

s60addict · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:52 am

ok thanks for ur help !!!

if there;s no working script, then ill go for anynoym.to !

Thanks anyways !

montego · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:26 am

I reviewed that simple approach in the last link that kguske posted as well as the replies. I wonder if this would keep the session id from showing up in the headers?

Code:

<?php
session_destroy();
header("Location: " . $site );
?>

Unfortunately I really do not have time to test it out, but thought I'd mention it in case others have an opinion on this. Since the "user" is already exiting the site to go somewhere else, what harm would it cause to kill the session? Guess it would depend on the use model...

s60addict · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:37 am

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by *******/****/

montego · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:23 am

Does it work if you comment out the line with "session_destroy();" in it?

If so, then scratch my idea... Sad

kguske · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 4687

That's essentially what the phpbuilder post suggested.

s60addict · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:24 pm

Well, i had the script without the session_destroy(); for a long time and it works fine !! but it still sends the referrer information !!!

jaded · Theme Guru Joined: Nov 01, 2003 Posts: 914

I do not really see why anyone needs to hide their referer link to another site.

montego · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:18 am

s60addict wrote:

Well, i had the script without the session_destroy(); for a long time and it works fine !! but it still sends the referrer information !!!

And did you read the comments that were attached to that article ??? Sounds like it does not work with all set ups !!!

evaders99 · Moderator Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 2796

Referer is a standard for HTTP traffic, I don't think you're going to find a way to do this without

a) redirecting through some 3rd party site... probably not ethical at all
OR
b) making everyone install a firewall that strips referrers

kandyflex · New Member Joined: Sep 19, 2006 Posts: 3

I actually like using

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to hide my referrer information - it works a treat.

electric31 · New Member Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 1

kandyflex wrote:

I actually like using

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to hide my referrer information - it works a treat.

Thanks for this, does anyone have a script to do this without using that website?

ultrazoom · New Member Joined: Feb 24, 2007 Posts: 1

try

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but all them doesn't work with IE7

klingyrule · New Member Joined: Jul 09, 2008 Posts: 1

I use

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grino2 · New Member Joined: Sep 03, 2008 Posts: 1

hiderefer.com worked great! Thanks