User agent

[Janina Sajka]

Yes, that would be interesting.

My expectation, though, is that they do actually use HTTPS. They've just
put a stupid threshold test up front against the blank screen kind of
hangs that might result from attempting to communicate HTTP where HTTPS
is required. I don't mind them doing user friendly screens. I do mind
them being lazy and sloppy about how they do that.

Sean McMahon writes:
> From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon at usgs.gov>
> 
> What would be interesting is if someone used that useragent and a supposedly
> unsupported encryptian value to see if they got through the bofa site.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 11:47 AM
> Subject: Re: User agent
> 
> 
> > This is because they're not testing for SSL. Rather, they're inferring
> > based on the user agent string that's provided by the http protocol.
> >
> > What this actually documents is how insecure their servers are.
> >
> > Cheryl Homiak writes:
> > > From: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak at charter.net>
> > >
> > > Yes, to make things crystal clear, it isn't just that i got through; I
> got
> > > a message saying my browser met their requirements. same browser I was
> > > using before!!!
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Cheryl
> > >
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Janina Sajka
Email: janina at rednote.net		
Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://a11y.org