>> Relying on User-Agent represents the very antithesis of >> [[Postel's Law]], a rock-solid principle o which the Internet >> (used to be) based. > > RFC2616: > 14.43 User-Agent > The User-Agent request-header field... is for... automated > recognition of user agents for the sake of tailoring > responses to avoid particular user agent limitations.
Yes, that's precisely the violation of Postel's Law I was thinking of. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
