From: Stefan Waldherr <swa@cs.cmu.edu>
Subject: junkbuster and user agent
Date: 21 Feb 1998 12:57:39 -0500

Hi,

I'm about to package a new rpm for the internet junkbuster

	http://www.junkbuster.com/

In all earlier versions the default user agent, under which the proxy
identifies itself to web servers, was set to some Apple thingie. Well, I think
I ought to change that -- after all, we want to give Linux some momentum.

However, I'm not so sure, which string to use. Apparently some bozo decided to
include kernel and processor versions in Netscape's user agent. Hence web-
masters will have a ton of different agents in their log files:

     (X11; I; Linux 2.0.32 i586)
     (X11; I; Linux 2.0.31 i586)
     (X11; I; Linux 2.0.33 i586)
     (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i586)
     (X11; I; Linux 2.0.32 i686)
     (X11; I; Linux 2.0.33 i686)
     (X11; I; Linux 2.0.33 i486)
     (X11; I; Linux 2.0.32 i586; Nav)
     (X11; U; Linux 2.0.33 i586)
     (X11; I; Linux 2.0.33 i586; Nav)
     Lynx/2.7.1 libwww-FM/2.14
     (X11; I; Linux 2.0.27 i586)

And of course no webmaster will make the effort to add up the numbers of all
varieties of Linux.

Since the junkbuster is used by a great deal of people AND these machines
likely serve even more machines as their proxy, this string should be
carefully chosen. Suggestions or ideas?

cu
Stefan.
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