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Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? (Users)

posted by glennmcc  , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 18.10.2011, 04:14

> > Now the string is "xChaos_Arachne/5.1.95;GPL,387+ (www.glennmcc.org)".
> > Anyone knows why does it not have any DOS mentioning? Like Arachne 1.70
> > had?
> >
> > Arachne loses much of its charisma without the ability to leave a DOS
> > footprint in internet stats.
>
> Well, I found the string in http.c
>
> //!!glennmcc: Sep 10, 2008 -- configurable useragent string
> char useragent[120];
> ptr=configvariable(&ARACHNEcfg,"UserAgent",NULL);
> if(ptr) sprintf(useragent,"%s",ptr);
> if(!ptr || strlen(useragent)<10)
> sprintf(useragent,"xChaos_Arachne/5.%s%s (www.glennmcc.org)",VER,beta);
> //!!glennmcc: end
>
>
> What do you suggest to add?
> As you can see it's configurable...


Is this better ?

xChaos_Arachne (DOS /5.1.95;GPL,387+)

That's the new UAS in this fresh compile of core.exe v1.96;GPL;387+

http://glennmcc.org/arachne/ardosuas.zip

Complete thread:

• Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 17.10.2011, 18:05 (Users)
  • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - RayeR, 17.10.2011, 19:56
    • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 17.10.2011, 20:31
    • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 17.10.2011, 20:34
      • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - RayeR, 17.10.2011, 21:28
        • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 18.10.2011, 13:29
          • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - RayeR, 18.10.2011, 15:11
            • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 18.10.2011, 15:20
  • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - glennmcc, 18.10.2011, 01:11
    • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 18.10.2011, 14:25
  • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - RayeR, 18.10.2011, 02:26
    • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - glennmcc, 18.10.2011, 04:14
      • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - glennmcc, 18.10.2011, 04:56
        • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 18.10.2011, 14:47
    • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 18.10.2011, 14:39