Deep Linking - "Refering Site"

What I am wondering is, is it possible to open a new window and and request a URL without the other system, the one you are making a request to, realizing where the link came from?
Basically, i want to 'trick' the other system to thinking a link came from somewhere else, rather than my site. (I guess it would kinda be simalar to spoofing).
I run a site that hosts news events from different sites for college students. ONe of the sites has made it so that Any link into their site, that isn't from within their site will be dumped out.

I was wondering if it would be possible to execute a Java "open new window" have it pull up one page, then execute a call for another to mask where the original request came from.

- of course this is all based on the legality of deep linking - Last I had heard was that it was "OK", but know there is no preceidence set yet...

thanks for your help,
Dave

Heh "deep linking" definitely isn't illegal, no ones cares about spoofing referrers on the internet. I don't believe it is possible to change the referrer to whatever you want unless you modify the browser source itself.

Hey 'Deep Linking', it could be that the site isn't looking at the Referrer to determine if the request came from one of their pages. It could be session related, (i.e. if the session wasn't started by a specific page on the site, then 'your session ain't no good!')

This is quite common for sites that require a login of some kind. The Session ID is managed from the Server, and sometimes isn't even contained in the Browser's Address (URL) window. I do this on my site, and thus, am able to track users through an entire transaction.

Are you sure the behavior is 'referrer' related?

Regarding the ability to change the referrer, that property is managed by the Browser and, as far as I know, can only be accessed by clientside Javascript. There are tricks that one can use to get this field, but it's not easy.

I believe that there is also a URL property in the Request object, but I have seen conditions where the contents thereof is unreliable.

These two issues contribute to my suspecting that 'your site' is not looking at Referrer, but rather something else...

Just some thoughts...