In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, jukola
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>How come Mozilla 0.9.3 is identifying itself as NS 6?
> >>
> >
> > It isn't. They probaly just think that Mozilla/5.0 == Netscape 6.
> >
>
> How can "they" believe that Mozilla equals NS 6 unless the browser,
> Mozilla 0.9.3, identifies itself as such?
The UA string of Mozilla looks like this:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC; en-US; rv:0.9.3+) Gecko/20010815
The UA string of Netscape 6.0 looks like this:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; N; PPC; en-US; m18) Gecko/20001108 Netscape6/6.0
> Could it be that there are
> filters applied on these servers where an equal sign is set between
> Netscape and Mozilla, blocking certain "offspring" browser versions,
> which apparently also affects "the original"?
The server is probably checking for the substring "Mozilla/5.0" and not
the string "Netscape6/6.0".
> An other solution would be that Mozilla took the time and resources to
> inform these sites that Mozilla has no connections with NS versions why
> their blocking of Mozilla, starting from 0.9.x onwards, are unjustified.
> Unrealistic solution, isn't it?
Not necessarily. Please file a bug in the "Tech Evangelism" product and
email the bank.
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Henri Sivonen
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