Re: [NEWBIE GUIDE] For the benefit of new members

Peter Ford-4 wrote: > >> >> I was all ready to jump on Point #6 to disagree until I read the >> next paragraph, updating that with the correct information. PHP can >> find out the OS of the system on which the browser is running. >> > > Strictly speaking, PHP can only find out what the browser tells it - that > includes the OS. I could quite easily hack the browser info string sent by > (at > least one of) my browsers to pretend I was using some horrible Windows > rubbish... > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > That's true... if you use ie; konquerer, and adjust settings as "send no identification", then php script has nothing to determine browser type, OS etc. etc. The other way to hide identification + ip address is to use proxy servers, which is very common nowadays. Regards, ----- ---------------- Cem Kayalı -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-NEWBIE-GUIDE--For-the-benefit-of-new-members-tf4817245.html#a13807542 Sent from the PHP - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.