/newrelic-p3p-test

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newrelic-p3p-test

This is a quick test suite that shows that P3P headers need to be rendered on the New Relic beacon in order to avoid the "evil eye" privacy report in IE7/8.

More on P3P headers.

Install Python Requirements

virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute virtualenv
source virtualenv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Add hosts entires

If testing on a separate Windows machine, the IP address should be the IP of the server.

127.0.0.1 firstparty.com
127.0.0.1 d1ros97qkrwjf5.cloudfront.net
127.0.0.1 beacon-4.newrelic.com

Run the server

sudo python manage.py runserver 0:80

Execute the page (in IE8)

Open http://firstparty.com

You should see the following privacy report icon. Clicking on it will reveal the full report.

screenshot

You can refresh a few times, and the warning will remain.

Test w/ P3P headers

Now go into mysite/views.py and edit the beacon view, uncommenting the p3p line. If you refresh the IE8 page, it will now not display the warning.