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This is going to be a popular idea but I don't think it will work if MS has their act together. You can profile a browser based on things like plugins. Maybe th
by rdj 17y ago
This is going to be a popular idea but I don't think it will work if MS has their act together. You can profile a browser based on things like plugins. Maybe there is a plugin that only works in IE8 and is used for nothing but real browser identificaation. (I think this is what http://www.the41st.com/default.asp http://www.the41st.com/default.asp does)
- niyazpk 17y agoI think as far as we are controlling the client, we can make it look like any browser. As far as I know (my knowledge is very limited in this area, please correct me if wrong) there is no way to be 100% sure that the user is using a particular browser.
- rdj 17y agoYou are correct that the end user controls what is ultimately sent to MS (or whomever is probing). However, if they are doing something like plugin enumeration or using a java applet to go a little deeper, you then have to know what the request looks like and what info they are expecting. You then have to intercept that request and send back the expected data It's possible, but a little harder and more time consuming than flipping the user agent.
- jonknee 17y agoAt least in this stage of the game it's simply based on the sent user-agent. I changed Safari's UA to IE 8 and saw the "you're already using IE 8" page. Furthermore, when I visit in Safari on OS X I am prompted to download the incompatible IE 8. Safe to say they aren't using any sophisticated techniques.