how do you block people from knowing what operating system you areusing?
how do you block people from knowing what operating system, web
browser...etc you are using?
and how can you tell which operating systems, web browsers ..etc people
are using through there ip address? or is it through some other way?
Re: how do you block people from knowing what operating system you are using?
"Tyler W." <user@invalid> wrote in message
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> how do you block people from knowing what operating system, web
> browser...etc you are using?
When you are doing what? browsing the web? Posting to newsgroups? sending
email?
> and how can you tell which operating systems, web browsers ..etc people
> are using through there ip address?
You can't. All the IP address does is tell you what ISP people are using...
Re: how do you block people from knowing what operating system you are using?
"Tyler W." <user@invalid> wrote:
>how do you block people from knowing what operating system, web
>browser...etc you are using?
>and how can you tell which operating systems, web browsers ..etc people
>are using through there ip address? or is it through some other way?
The browser sends a USER_AGENT header that has information about the
browser and OS. But that header can be omitted or spoofed. IIRC, Opera
can be told to tell the web host that it's any other browser.
There is no reliable way for a web host to know what OS and browser
the client is using.
Re: how do you block people from knowing what operating system youare using?
Turn off your computer.
Tyler W. wrote:
> how do you block people from knowing what operating system, web
> browser...etc you are using?
> and how can you tell which operating systems, web browsers ..etc people
> are using through there ip address? or is it through some other way?
Re: how do you block people from knowing what operating system youare using?
how do you block people from knowing what operating system, web
> browser...etc you are using?
When you are doing what? browsing the web? Posting to newsgroups? sending
email?
Browsing the web, posting to newsgroups, and sending email.
and how can you tell which operating systems, web browsers ..etc people
> are using through there ip address?
You can't. All the IP address does is tell you what ISP people are using...
well someone on one of the linux usenet groups told me that I am running windows how would he know that and how do you find out what peoples ips are in usenet posts cause sometimes people abuse usenet so then I can report them to their isp if they refuse to stop.
Re: how do you block people from knowing what operating system you are using?
Lots of info can be found from your posting header, although I personally am not
bright enough to know if you're using Windows.
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Gord
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:30:43 -0600, "Tyler W." <user@invalid> wrote:
>how do you block people from knowing what operating system, web
>> browser...etc you are using?
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>
>When you are doing what? browsing the web? Posting to newsgroups? sending
>email?
>
>Browsing the web, posting to newsgroups, and sending email.
>
>
>and how can you tell which operating systems, web browsers ..etc people
>> are using through there ip address?
>
>You can't. All the IP address does is tell you what ISP people are using...
>
>well someone on one of the linux usenet groups told me that I am running windows how would he know that and how do you find out what peoples ips are in usenet posts cause sometimes people abuse usenet so then I can report them to their isp if they refuse to stop.
>
>
>
>
>
Re: how do you block people from knowing what operating system youare using?
so could you some how redirect the browser from sending a user_agent
header with the Host File?
here is an ad-on for firefox that does what your talking about but is
there some other way you can do it like opening up the header file with
notepad or something https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/967
thanks for the info I appreciate it
Re: how do you block people from knowing what operating system you are using?
We have reached the outer margins of my expertise on this so I won't be of any
help past this.
Gord
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:52:30 -0600, "Tyler W." <user@invalid> wrote:
>so could you some how redirect the browser from sending a user_agent
>header with the Host File?
>here is an ad-on for firefox that does what your talking about but is
>there some other way you can do it like opening up the header file with
>notepad or something https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/967
>thanks for the info I appreciate it
Re: how do you block people from knowing what operating system you are using?
"Tyler W." <user@invalid> wrote in message
news:rsqdnfRoCvd-fdnanZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> so could you some how redirect the browser from sending a user_agent
> header with the Host File?
> here is an ad-on for firefox that does what your talking about but is
> there some other way you can do it like opening up the header file with
> notepad or something https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/967
> thanks for the info I appreciate it
>
Why are you so paranoid about people knowing what OS you use?
how do you block people from knowing what operating system you areusing? 
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