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How refspoof works -- example of the test page and wsj

1 Firefox with installed refspoof -> go to refspoof.mozdev.org 2 click the "test spoof" http link on the refspoof main page The test page is shown and the referrer that was sent 3 if we want just to send the invoking link as the referrer (same as url=ref) we can replace http with spoof -- reinvoke the link 4 test the spoofbar enter digg.com .. press "spoof:" button - notice the change 5 click (url = ref) button .. press "spoof:" button - notice the change 6 R button controls the general referrer behaviour (using spoof urls sets it to green) 7 red/green no embed referrers are sent / red means no referrer is sent 8 yellow means it takes the referrer value from the refbar invoke http://refspoof.mozdev.org/referrer.php 9 so some news papers allow users that come from other sites access for example: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121630087016161939.html if invoked regulary we only see the abstract, if invoked with spoof://online.wsj.com/article/SB121630087016161939.html;ref://digg.com or with the static referrer set to digg.com we see the full article. 10 so we sometimes just have to reinvoke a resource with a certain referrer and we will see the full article:).. image, media etc

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Troubleshoot: HowTo test if refspoof works on a new profile and revert to the previous profile

1 close Firefox -- note the bookmarks in the toolbar 2 move current Firefox preferences folder to "oldProfile" default locations: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox OSX:~/Library/Application Support/Firefox WinXP: C:\Documents and Settings\<userName>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox 3 open Firefox .. bookmarks gone 4 profile directory new Firefox folder created 5 install from refspoof.mozdev.org / press yellow allow button 6 refspoof working / open sidebar / goto http://refspoof.mozdev.org/referrer.php 7 to hide refspoof toolbar right click the toolbar and deselect option (or use View menu) 8 close Firefox -- note the bookmarks in the toolbar 9 move current Firefox preferences folder to "newProfile" move "Firefox" folder back from "oldProfile" folder 10 open Firefox -- note the bookmarks in the toolbar