Re: Fwd: MS servers discriminate

[Paul Rickard <msbc@abctec.com>]

Linux Idiot wrote:
> 
> With the source code release of Netscape, it might be possible to create
> two identical versions with the exception that one tells the web server
> that it's a netscape browser and the other tells the server it's MS IE.
> Run the two puppies and see if the 'biased' one connects faster/first.
> Then we could truly determine if MS is keying on the browser, which to
> me would/should be against the law.
> 
> Then again, anyone with enough html protocol knowledge might be able to
> write enough protocol level stuff to immulate the same thing???

	If my memory is correct, http://ik3al1.fzk.de/~wiegert/browser.html
(How to Create Browser Sensitve Pages) also has links to pages
explaining how to make servers think your web client isn't what it
really is. People were changing IE to look like Netscape, changing what
OS they identified themselves with, etc. I'd give you a more precise
link, but that server is apparently down at the moment.
	Just as a semi-related side note that will likely produce tons of
replies, I heard that IE4 for the Mac identifies itself to servers as
IE4 for Windows 95. That makes the sites that count hits from different
browsers, OSes, etc. show more Win95 hits and less Mac hits than they
should. I never could prove this one, unfortunately.

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