September 2002
Intermediate to advanced
656 pages
22h 14m
English
book
HTTP: The Definitive Guide
by David Gourley, Brian Totty, Marjorie Sayer, Anshu Aggarwal, Sailu Reddy
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Name
UA-(CPU, Disp, OS, Color, Pixels)
Synopsis
These User-Agent headers are nonstandard and no longer common. They provide information about the client machine that could allow for better content selection by a server. For instance, if a server knew that a user’s machine had only an 8-bit color display, the server could select images that were optimized for that type of display.
With any header that gives information about the client that otherwise would be unavailable, there are some security concerns (see Chapter 14 for more information).
Type
Extension request headers
Notes
These headers are not defined in RFC 2616, and their use is frowned upon.
Basic Syntax
“UA” “-” (“CPU” | “Disp” | “OS” | “Color” | “Pixels”) “:” machine-value
machine-value = (cpu | screensize | os-name |display-color-depth)
Examples
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UA-CPU: x86 |
CPU of client’s machine |
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UA-Disp: 640, 480, 8 |
Size and color depth of client’s display |
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UA-OS: Windows 95 |
Operating system of client machine |
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UA-Color: color8 |
Color depth of client’s display |
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UA-Pixels: 640x480 |
Size of client’s display |
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