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Neil Bradshaw wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I had this idea for getting around problems with alleged browser
> incompatibility problems. When I go to my online banking web site, I have
> to use IE on Windows to make it work. I'm 99.99 percent sure that it would
> work with Mozilla, but it won't even let me try.
>
> Does anybody know how web servers know what browser I'm using? Can you
> think of any way to trick the server into thinking I have IE for Windows
> so that I can check my fscking bank account balance with Linux? I'm
> brainstorming on it now, but someone on the list might show their genius
> and figure this one out before me. I'm not too worried about it, I just
> want to know how much money is in my account!
Option 1: KDE's Konqueror. You can change the way it identifies itself
or pick from several pre-defined browser IDs.
Option 2: Web proxy such as Junkbusters. Not only does it filter ads, it
can pretend to be anything you want :)
I'm sure there are more options out there...
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