Re: LYNX-DEV agent string

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On Sun, 20 Jul 1997, Larry W. Virden, x2487 wrote:

> >This would not only preserve it between sessions, but would make
> >it easier to edit.
> 
> I am curious what type of change is needed to be made to this string.
> The string is used to define what type of browser you are using - 
> that seems unlikely to change while you are using the browser.

1. Some pages use it to display MSIE or Netscape or "GET A REAL BROWSER"
page depending on the agent string.  This is not only rude, but there is
often no way to see the real pages without changing the string.

2. Some SSL pages instead of using the features built in to SSL to
determine if it can do 128 bit encryption use the "U" in the second field
in parenthesis of the Mozilla ID string.  Same problem.  What is worse is
that this mechanism will still work even if you disable 128 bit encryption
in Netscape.

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