Faking out web servers

[Darrin Chandler]

On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 10:33:35AM -0700, Eric Shubes wrote:
> When I go to http://all-access.cstv.com/cstv/player/player.html?code=osu to 
> listen to the OSU game, I get the following obnoxious message:
> 
> We're Sorry
> But you will need Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on the following systems in 
> order to enjoy All-Access:
> 
> Microsoft Windows XP Home/Professional SP2, Windows XP Media Center 2005, 
> Windows 2000 SP4; Media Player 9 or 10.
> 
> Click here if you're a Mac user.
> 
> 
> I seem to remember talk about changing a setting in firefox to make the 
> server think that I'm using IE. Any pointers on this?

I believe there's an extension that'll let you choose who you want to
look like, and even keep settings by site.

I did it the "hard" way a few months ago on my wife's computer so she
could access a Windows-only site. I added the user agent string I wanted
to about:config. Don't remember just what it was, and I can't look right
now. I think I may have posted it the last time this came up, so you
might try checking the list archives.

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