Re: static ip to dhcp conversion -- getting a hostname

[Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com>]

At 04:10 PM 3/5/2004, Alan Shutko wrote:

> Checking against hostname has never been exceptionally secure.
>
> You realize that someone could just send a different referer header?

Alan, I'm working on a rewrite now and am concerned with properly doing 
things. Could you please advise on how to best prevent this type of 
exploit, given that a check of referer against a hard-coded hostname is not 
so good?

Thanks in advance.

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