server to server post referrer?

[feedthefire]

We are having partners post directly to our system and I was wondering if it would be possible to sniff out referrer data from a server to server post. Are there even headers when doing that?

As we get more partners, it would be nice to have that information without having to ask them to include it in the post (and more truthful too =)

An alternative might be to get their IP and do a trace....

Any ideas?

 

[smaxor]

yeah of course you can get the refer. But anyone with a brain is probably running a redirection server so that's not going to tell you where the traffic originated from source->redir_server->you.

Or if they're posting on their form they're probably adding it to a db then using curl or something like that to post to you and can set the refer to whatever they want. As far as IP's I'd send you info via proxy so it would be totally useless for finding any real data from it. You might find out info from the guys that don't know shit, but anyone worth there salt will cover their tracks.