> Not sure I've got time to poke around with this today, but does anyone > know what they're doing? Are they just sending a cookie over? I notice > there's now an ID in the MP4 URL. >
OK, here's my guess: It's another combination of User Agent and cookies. Just having a quick look at Wireshark, there's an incredibly conspicuous "BBC-UID" cookie which contains a large hex number followed by the Quicktime version (including OS identifier). I don't believe that the MP4 URL served on the page is actually any different to the one that working iPhone users will see, I think it just looks at that cookie. I imagine the cookie contains some kind of hash of whatever client data the agent sends over. Anyone want to upload a packet trace from an iPhone or Touch? ;) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
