Pros and Cons of Header redirect

[litebearer]

I happen to use meta tag redirect frequently in error trapping etc.

 

Was wondering what the pros and cons are as far as uisn header vs meta

 

thanks,

 

[premiso]

Header is better since it is done on the server. The user cannot disable this or turn it off (well they can disable redirects all together, but usually headers are allowed).

 

Meta redirects people tend to turn off / block just because of their XSS nature, which can redirect to exploit codes to be infected. So yea, doing it on the server level, it is "more secure" from the end users point of view and it is harder from them to "disable", which most do not disable this feature.

[Daniel0]

The user cannot disable this or turn it off (well they can disable redirects all together, but usually headers are allowed).

 

The user can do whatever it wants with the stuff you send it.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Redirecting all over the place, regardless of the method used to perform the redirect, just to handle form processing and user error display, wastes time and server resources.

 

Form processing, forms, and display of user error messages should all occur on a single page.

[JonnoTheDev]

If you use a meta tag then the content has to be served to the client prior to the redirect. Using a 301 header on the server does not require any content to be sent to the client prior to the redirect.