Re: [dev] [surf] User-Agent string.

From: anonymous <aim0shei_AT_lavabit.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 01:47:29 +0400

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:13:47PM +0200, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> On 5/18/10, Marvin Vek <laen_AT_onedot.nl> wrote:
> >> the user agent string is unnecessary
> >
> > According to the RFC, it's required.
>
> "User agents SHOULD include this field with requests."
>
> SHOULD: "This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there
> may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore.."
>
> there is only one header that "MUST" be present in a http 1.1 request
> and that's the "Host:" header field
> (btw this is a stupid requirement as well and was not present in http 1.0)

Is it possible to remove this header completely in surf? Or it is
impossible with WebKit?
Received on Tue May 18 2010 - 21:47:29 UTC

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