Closed Bug 572668 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Remove the crypto strength token from the UA string

Categories

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, enhancement)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking: HTTP
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED
Milestone:
mozilla2.0b2

People

(Reporter: hsivonen, Assigned: wesongathedeveloper)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug,
URL
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Details

(Keywords: dev-doc-complete, Whiteboard: [parity-IE])

Attachments

(1 file)

Patch
5.68 KB, patch
bzbarsky
: review+
Details | Diff | Splinter Review 
Steps to reproduce:
 1) Load http://www.delorie.com:81/some/url.txt

Actual results:
The User-Agent string has the token " U;", which signifies that the browser provides crypto support that is stronger than what the "international" builds of Netscape offered circa 1995.

Expected results:
Expected this long-obsolete token not to be sent on every HTTP request.

Additional information:
This isn't actually fingerprinting-relevant, but since this is a suggesting UA string change, marking a dependency on the bug tracking suggested UA string changes.

IE doesn't send the " U;" token.
Attached patch Patch — — Splinter Review 
Assignee: nobody → wesongathedeveloper
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED

        Attachment #451924 -
        Flags: review?(bzbarsky)

    
  
Whiteboard: [parity-IE]

    
    

    
  
Comment on attachment 451924 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch

r=bzbarsky.  Do you need this landed?

        Attachment #451924 -
        Flags: review?(bzbarsky) → review+

    
    

    
  
Pushed http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/22e19fe61752
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Flags: in-testsuite?
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.9.3b2

    
    

    
  
This reference document on the wiki probably needs to be updated after this change.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/User_Agent_Strings_Reference
Depends on: 579161

    
  
Blocks: 586165

    
  
Depends on: 651799

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