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GaryZ_31658
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Mar 28, 2006

Change Referer on inbound HTTP::header

I have an application that monitors the "Referer" in the header very specifically.     I need to change "https://domain.com/uri?important_server_data" TO "http://domain.com/uri?important_server_...
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hoolio
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Dec 10, 2008
Hi Marcus,

 

 

You can rewrite any HTTP header if the request is being sent to a server "behind" BIG-IP, but you cannot force the client to use a specific Referer header if they're redirected to another location or click on a link from a page hosted behind the BIG-IP.

 

 

Aaron