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Mozilla bug, 16th Sep. 2002
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation Sep 17, 2002
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-09-16-010-26-SC-DT-SW
Briefly, when you surf away from a site, Mozilla (all current versions) tells the server you're surfing away from the address you're going to, even if it's a bookmark. It makes it easier for marketers to track you. This should only worry the really paranoid, but it does prove that IE isn't the only browser with exploitable security holes. 
Mozilla bug, 16th Sep. 2002
Cefpret Posted Sep 18, 2002
This bug won't survive the next week(s). (That's the difference between Mozilla and Microsoft).
Futher reading:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145579 (official bug page)
http://members.ping.de/~sven/mozbug/refcook.html (bug demonstration)
http://www.ping.de/~sven/ (he's found it)
BTW, the next URL is *not* automatically sent to the server you're leaving. You have to do something for that, and in particular you have to know this bug.
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