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Re: lynx-dev Deny access for non standard browsers


From: Benarson Behajaina
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Deny access for non standard browsers
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:00:06 +0200 (MET DST)

Philip Webb wrote:
> 
> 990723 Benarson Behajaina wrote to  address@hidden ,
> which was forwarded by DW to the Lynx Developers' List:
> > I reconfigured my Squid to deny access for non standard browers
> > (GetRight, Wget, Lynx, GetSmart etc ...)
> > Is it possible to reconfigure Squid,
> > so that ONLY requests from Netscape and MSIE will be allowed ?
> > users still use Wget or GetRight & pretend their client is Netscape/MSIE.
> > how do I configure my squid to deny access for download managers
> > (GetRight, Wget, Go!Zilla, etc ...) 
> > but squid will allow access for both Netscape and MSIE. 
>  
> your approach seems very totalitarian:
> Netscape has published its source code & M$ personnel use Lynx.
> why would you want to exclude Lynx users?

I'm sorry Sir, it was my fault. All I wanted is to block clients (crawlers,
download managers) that are able to saturate my complete bandwidth.
You know some users run them in background 24 hours a day.
The example I wrote in parenthesis (see above) is not a good example, since
Lynx is a standard browser. I personally have installed Lynx on my
Linux long time ago, and I sometimes use it.
So I'm not against the use of Lynx.

> perhaps you are misinformed about Lynx capabilities or uses
> or just possibly there is an improvement Lynx volunteers could consider.
> we'ld like to hear your explanation.

Benarson Behajaina.
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