>> 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.

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