Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (70 mails)

[Christian Boltz <opensuse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Am Dienstag, 2. Mai 2006 09:36 schrieb andreas.hanke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
[...]
> > YES, at least my bank checked against you current versionnumber of
> > Mozilla Firefox and I was told to upgrade (kind of fun as I just
> > pulled it down via YOU seconds before on another PC) ;-)
>
> I seriously doubt that the new version is really *required* for the
> online banking to work correctly. The bank shouldn't check the user
> agent string.

Banks _should_ check the user agent string - I'd call it a security 
feature. However, there should be a "I know what I am doing" link.

BTW: You sometimes don't even need scripts to display such a warning ;-)

Just include

    <!--[if gte IE 5]><div class="use-mozilla">Browser problems?<br>
    <a href="http://www.mozilla-europe.org/"; target="_blank">Firefox. 
    The better browser.</a>
    </div><![endif]-->

in your page. This uses "conditional comments" invented by MS. You know 
from tv mystery novels when someone gets interrogated by police: 
everything you say can and will be used against you ;-))


Regards,

Christian Boltz

PS: Real-world-usage (in german) of the above html sniplet:
    http://suse-linux-faq.koehntopp.de

PPS: There are Firefox plugins to modify the user agent string. Use on 
     of them if really needed.
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