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Re: HTTP and Java

Date	2011-04-02 06:26 -0700
From	Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: HTTP and Java
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On 4/1/2011 11:35 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> If Java sent an identical HTTP header, to that sent by a browser,
> including User-Agent to a website, is there a plausible mechanism by
> which a website would treat the requests differently, namely reject
> Java and accept the browser request?

I don't think it could tell a single request apart, without requiring
the requester to solve e.g. a text recognition problem. It might be able
to detect a difference in number and frequency of requests from a single
IP address, if the Java program sent multiple requests.

Patricia

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  Re: HTTP and Java Luuk <Luuk@invalid.lan> - 2011-04-02 10:55 +0200
  Re: HTTP and Java Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-04-02 21:58 +1300
  Re: HTTP and Java Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-04-02 14:22 +0100
  Re: HTTP and Java Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-04-02 06:26 -0700
    Re: HTTP and Java Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-04-02 23:17 -0700
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  Re: HTTP and Java Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-04-03 09:50 -0300
    Re: HTTP and Java Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-04-03 16:51 -0700
      Re: HTTP and Java Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-04-04 23:25 +0100
      Re: HTTP and Java Ian Shef <invalid@avoiding.spam> - 2011-04-04 23:06 +0000
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