Hi,

onefang <onefang_devuan@???> writes:

> On 2023-06-17 14:51:38, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Steve Litt <slitt@???> writes:
>>
>> > capercally.bleery670@??? said on Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:45:02 -0700
>> >
>> >>Tor works fine (if you don't mind pages loading slowly), but it is
>> >>not a complete solution by itself. You also have to mask other facts
>> >>than your IP address. And unfortunately, already using Linux and
>> >>even Firefox already cuts the search space by someting like factor
>> >>of 10000 I think.
>> >
>> > How does the website deduce what OS you're using?
>>
>> By looking at the User-Agent that the HTTP client may (or may not) send.
>> Here's what my Firefox sends
>>
>> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/102.0
>>
>> Most HTTP clients can be configured to send whatever you please.
>>
>> # The can even set apt's User-Agent ;-)
>> # Check /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index for details.
>
> So none of us package mirror admins should scratch our heads when we see
> Mac and Windows boxen installing apt packages? lol

Nor should you scratch your heads when you see people thanking you for
doing a great job ;-P

Acquire::http::User-Agent "Good Job!";
Acquire::https::User-Agent "Keep up the Good Work!";

Just so you know ;-)
--
Olaf Meeuwissen