Is this User Agent valid?

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by ian_ok, Aug 19, 2006.

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    Can anyone tell me if this is valid User Agent?

    Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

    I'm having a few problems with bots and this is one common thing as the IP keeps changing.

    Ian
     
    ian_ok, Aug 19, 2006 IP
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    It's possible to change the user_agent to "any" value. If it's a bot it can identify itself as valid browser/user agent in the header of the request.
     
    Litewebsite, Aug 20, 2006 IP
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    Yes I am fully aware of that, but 99.9% of valid visitors wouldn't know about this or even think of doing.

    So can anyone shed any light on if the UA is valid?

    Ian
     
    ian_ok, Aug 23, 2006 IP
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    That is a very common header, since quite a few browsers are based on it. Netscape, firefox, mozilla, flock, etc. No idea if it's 'valid'.
     
    Xitanto, Aug 23, 2006 IP