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Posted to dev@hc.apache.org by Gary Gregory <ga...@gmail.com> on 2018/03/30 16:51:21 UTC
[httpclient] Better user agent header?
Hi All:
Right now, the HttpClient is of the form:
User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.5 (Java/1.8.0_162)
With the stack I am working with, it would be handy if the header reflected:
- The Java vendor
- Operating system name and version.
For example:
User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.5 (Oracle Corporation/Java/1.8.0_162)
Windows/10.0 (amd64)
Any thoughts for or against adding this to the user agent string?
Gary
Re: [httpclient] Better user agent header?
Posted by Philippe Mouawad <p....@ubik-ingenierie.com>.
Hello,
That might not be a good idea regarding security as it reveals information
on client machine.
Regards
On Friday, March 30, 2018, Gary Gregory <ga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> Right now, the HttpClient is of the form:
>
> User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.5 (Java/1.8.0_162)
>
> With the stack I am working with, it would be handy if the header
> reflected:
>
> - The Java vendor
> - Operating system name and version.
>
> For example:
>
> User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.5 (Oracle Corporation/Java/1.8.0_162)
> Windows/10.0 (amd64)
>
> Any thoughts for or against adding this to the user agent string?
>
> Gary
>
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Re: [httpclient] Better user agent header?
Posted by Michael Osipov <mi...@apache.org>.
Am 2018-03-30 um 18:51 schrieb Gary Gregory:
> Hi All:
>
> Right now, the HttpClient is of the form:
>
> User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.5 (Java/1.8.0_162)
>
> With the stack I am working with, it would be handy if the header reflected:
This is your personal problem, not the client ones.
> - The Java vendor
> - Operating system name and version.
>
> For example:
>
> User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.5 (Oracle Corporation/Java/1.8.0_162)
> Windows/10.0 (amd64)
>
> Any thoughts for or against adding this to the user agent string?
Yes, I see no benefit. Minimal information. If you need more, you can
always roll your own user agent string.
Michael
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