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

posted by compo011 , 18.10.2011, 14:39

> > 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...

I know what it should be: web stats programs should be able to see "DOS" word in the user agent string, the way they see "Windows NT 6.1" or "Linux i686" in user agent strings of major web browsers. But how it should be achieved - those with C programming experience should know it better.

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