[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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