[ale] OT... Security black humor...

Stephen Cristol stephen at bee.net
Wed Mar 8 15:02:00 EST 2006


On Mar 8, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> The page gets the IP of the client and apparently the OS.  Then it
> generates a GIF image unique to the visitor.

It appears to identify the OS from the browser's self identification.  
Those with Firefox and the UserAgentSwitcher extension can easily see  
how it appears to users of other platforms. Either that or the attack  
installed Windows on my Linksys router. ;)

S





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