On 12/6/11 4:53 AM, Ant wrote:
> On 12/5/2011 1:34 PM PT, Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] typed:
>
>>> On 12/5/11 6:39 AM, Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] wrote:
>>>>> Did we ever come up with a sure way of tricking sites into thinking we
>>>>> are using Firefox?
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to switch banks and it appears they only accept the browsers on
>>>>> their list.
>>>>
>>>> Isn't this what the "Advertise Firefox compatibility" setting in 2.6
>>>> under HTTP Networking supposed to accomplish?
>>>
>>> As I indicated earlier in this thread, I was a customer of a bank that
>>> rejected
>>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20111121
>>> Firefox/8.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.5
>>> because it had more than "Firefox/8.0.1" in the UA string. All other
>>> financial institutions where I had online accounts allowed
>>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20111121
>>> SeaMonkey/2.5
>>> without any spoofing of Firefox.
>>>
>>> For the one bank, I used PrefBar to spoof with
>>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101
>>> Firefox/8.0 (not really)
>>> Somehow, the "(not really)" was acceptable.
>>
>> Yes, I could see why that would be. It would nice if when that option
>> is checked in Preferences it just flatly reports the UA string as
>> Firefox/8.0.1 and omits the SeaMonkey/2.5 portion. This would probably
>> work in cases where the Web admin was basing things solely on the UA
>> string to allow or not allow it to work which doesn't sound like a
>> good idea.
>
> Do other web sites have this problem only that bank (which one was it? I
> am late to this newsgroup thread)?
The bank was California Oaks State Bank. It merged with the slightly
larger California United Bank the beginning of 2011. Their Web systems
were merged a month ago.
California Oaks State Bank no longer exists. The Web system at
California United Bank either does not sniff or else it sniffs for
"Gecko". I can now access my account with the UA string
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20111121
SeaMonkey/2.5
without any spoofing of Firefox.
I seem to recall only one other Web site that would not accept
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20111121
Firefox/8.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.5
It must not be one I visit frequently because I cannot remember what
site it was.
Note that some sites do not require spoofing until you navigate to the
meaty parts. For example, Adobe Systems allows you even to logon
without any spoofing, without "Advertise Firefox compatibility".
However, you cannot download any software for SeaMonkey without spoofing
Firefox.
--
David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>.
Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive
bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation.
© 1997 by David E. Ross
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