How referrer information worksReferrer information is information that a Web site sends to another Web site when you click a link on the first Web site to open the second Web site. When you click a Web page, your browser makes a note of the current page you are on and sends that information to the server of the new Web page. This way, the server for the new Web page knows the last Web page you viewed.
If you block referrer information, the server of the page you are requesting to see does not know what page you saw last. By default, Norton Internet Security and Norton Personal Firewall block referrer information. However, some Web pages require referrer information before allowing you to view the page.
For example, if you are on
www.symantec.com and click
www.microsoft.com, the browser sends information to the server
www.microsoft.com. The information includes the fact that you are currently viewing the site
www.symantec.com. If you block referrer information, the server
www.microsoft.com does not "know" that you were previously at
www.symantec.com. If the server
www.microsoft.com required this information, your browser would not display the Web page at
www.microsoft.com, and you might see an error message.
