Check for Valid HttpRequest

This code snippet is used for making sure a page request is coming from my domain, and that someone isn't trying to hijack my site or page.

//Namespace Reference
using System.Web;
using System.Collections.Specialized;

#region IsValidRequest
/// <summary>
/// method for determining if this page was called from a valid
/// domain or if someone is trying to hijack this page
/// </summary>
/// <returns>True/False</returns>
public bool IsValidRequest(System.Web.HttpRequest request,string domain)
{
    //NameValueCollection object for holding the server variables
    NameValueCollection vars = request.ServerVariables;
    string temp = vars.Get("HTTP_REFERER");
    //make sure the referer isnt empty, if it's
    //empty this isn't a valid request
    if (!(string.IsNullOrEmpty(temp)))
    {
        //ok, so its not empty, now lets make sure the user
        //is coming from a valid page
        if (!(temp.Contains(domain)))
        {
            //not a valid request so return false
            return false;
        }
        else
        {
            //request originated on a valid page so return true
            return true;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        //HTTP_REFERER is empty so this isn't a valid request, return false
        return false;
    }
}
#endregion
//Sample Usage
//replace YourClass with the name of the class where this resides
YourClass check = new YourClass();
//now check the validity
if(!(check.IsValidRequest(Request,"yourdomain.com")))
{
    Response.Redirect("http://www.yoursite.com/");
}

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