[Gnash-commit] [bug #35520] Gnash uses it's own User-Agent string, instead of using the one from the browser

[Łukasz Hejnak]

URL:
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                 Summary: Gnash uses it's own User-Agent string, instead of
using the one from the browser
                 Project: Gnash - The GNU Flash player
            Submitted by: lehack
            Submitted on: Mon 13 Feb 2012 09:10:50 AM GMT
                Category: core
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                 Release: 0.8.9
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

Hi,

actually I'm not that sure it's a bug, since there are no official standards
(or at least none that I'm aware of) that would regulate this, but it may
prove to be an issue to some web developers.

I found that flash requests don't always work as expected, since some web apps
rely on the User-Agent string being constant during a user session (possibly
to make session-hijacking slightly harder).

This fails, when using Gnash, since it sends it's own User-Agent string
(something like Gnash0.89dev), instead of replicating the browser one (like
adobe flash does).




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