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Is there a referrer header when using SSL?

Is there a referrer header inside the domain when using SSL?

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If the website is accessed via an HTTP Secure (HTTPS) connection and link points anywhere other than a secure location, then the referrer field is not sent.

The upcoming HTML5 standard will support the rel = "noreferrer" attribute / value to instruct the user agent not to send a referrer.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referrer

So it seems that referrer is not part of the domain, but inside SSL.

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At least Chrome now supports the Meta Tag, which explicitly allows you to send Referrer when switching from HTTPS to HTTP. Just include the following line in the header:

<meta name="referrer" content="origin">

More details: http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Meta_referrer

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