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Absolutely, yes! A protocol should not be tied to client details. Where did "User Agent" strings even come from?
by nonrandomstring 1y ago
Absolutely, yes! A protocol should not be tied to client
details. Where did "User Agent" strings even come from?
- darrenf 1y agoThey're in the HTTP/1.0 spec. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1945#section-10.15 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1945#section-10.15 10.15 User-Agent The User-Agent request-header field contains information about the user agent originating the request. This is for statistical purposes, the tracing of protocol violations, and automated recognition of user agents for the sake of tailoring responses to avoid particular user agent limitations.