244468 - tacomaservices.org - Gecko browsers not recognized as acceptable - can't enter site. Mozilla Gekko browsers work fine if they get in.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[Tom Losh]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040517 Camino/0.8b
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040517 Camino/0.8b

Default browser (Mozilla Camino) has no problems with site if it can get in
(user agent spoof), but initial "browser validation" check at site prevents
normal entry. Webmaster(s) contacted numerous times, problem not corrected. This
is a public (city government run) site supporting public utility customer
support and billing.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attempt to enter site using Mozilla Camino or Mozilla Firebird
2. Entry blocked by site's browser validation function.


Actual Results:  
Site blocks entry if browser does not ID as MSIE 5.5+ or Netscape 6.2+ -
possibly some other browsers.

Expected Results:  
Site should have allowed entry of current Mozilla Gekko browsers.

Spoofing of the browser's User Agent information will allow the browser to
bypass the site's check function and browser works fine with all tested aspects
of site.

Comment 1

[Felix Miata]

Redirect to https://www.tacomaservices.org/brws_check.htm with 1.7rc2 on OS/2:

 To use tacomaservices.org we require one of the following browsers:

    * Internet Explorer 5.5 or above (Download)
    * Netscape 6.2 or above (Download) 

E-mail: Webmaster

Comment 2

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

The site seems to work now with Camino-trunk. Fixed?

Comment 3

[Tom Losh]

Site owner agreed that site should not demand MSIE, etc. and corrected problems preventing Camino from working.

Works fine now

Tom Losh