* George Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thomas Fernandez wrote:
>> Mark Partous wrote:
[ User-Agent string ]
>> Why should it not be allowed?
[...]
> I'm having a hard time finding an RFC that covers this. The best I've
> come up with is a draft RFC for News articles:
It's RFC 2616.
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| 14.43 User-Agent
| [...]
| User-Agent = "User-Agent" ":" 1*( product | comment )
|
| 3.8 Product Tokens
| [...]
| product = token ["/" product-version]
| product-version = token
|
| 2.2 Basic Rules
| [...]
| token = 1*<any CHAR except CTLs or separators>
| separators = "(" | ")" | "<" | ">" | "@"
| | "," | ";" | ":" | "\" | <">
| | "/" | "[" | "]" | "?" | "="
| | "{" | "}" | SP | HT
|
| comment = "(" *( ctext | quoted-pair | comment ) ")"
| ctext = <any TEXT excluding "(" and ")">
|
| quoted-pair = "\" CHAR
|
| CHAR = <any US-ASCII character (octets 0 - 127)>
| CTL = <any US-ASCII control character
| (octets 0 - 31) and DEL (127)>
| CR = <US-ASCII CR, carriage return (13)>
| LF = <US-ASCII LF, linefeed (10)>
| SP = <US-ASCII SP, space (32)>
| HT = <US-ASCII HT, horizontal-tab (9)>
|
| CRLF = CR LF
|
| LWS = [CRLF] 1*( SP | HT )
|
| TEXT = <any OCTET except CTLs,
| but including LWS>
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So, it seems like "s and spaces are not allowed for the product
string. Unfortunately The Bat! contains a space.
User-Agent: TheBat!/2.01.49 (The Bat! (v2.01.49) Business)
Carsten
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