RE: HTTP Server's jobs for CGI applications

[Leslie Russell <leslier@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't get your point Hans, what you are talking about is sloppy 
programming not security holes.

There are something like a million web sites where you can find a browser 
detection script and once you detect the browser you can tailor the 
script to the browser. 
Just look at the nonsense useful commerce sites like Amazon.com do with 
java script and cookies, sure there are holes but that never stopped 
anyone from using Office 9x. If ya don't want to give out the info then 
don't that way you can browse in peace and the most they can get is your 
screen width or browser preference.

<script language = "JavaScript">
<!-- hide

// initialize the value of "browser"
var browser = "oldAndInTheWay";
var bName = navigator.appName;
var bVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);

// check for Netscape
if (bName == "Netscape") {
  browser = "ns" + bVersion;
} else {
  // check for MSIE
  if (bName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
    if (bVersion >= 4) {
      browser = "ie" + bVersion;
    } else {
      browser = "ie3";
    }
  }
}

// -->
</script>


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