February 2011
Intermediate to advanced
332 pages
9h 3m
English
When a client clicks a link to other.example.com on the website example.com, then the website example.com is a referrer and the client is referred to the website other.example.com. When a client is referred by a website, a HTTP header referer is sent by the HTTP clients. Squid has the ability to log referer HTTP headers, which can later be used for analyzing traffic patterns.
"Referer" is actually a misspelling of the word "Referrer", but it has been officially specified that way in HTTP RFCs.
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