-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mihira Fernando wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: >> Perfect example of a site that blocks me. >> >> I hit the first link with IceWeasel and I get the second. Just like >> you, but if I hit it with Konqueror, I get this: >> >> http://www2.sunlife.ca/member/index_notallow_eng.html >> >> I wonder why that is? Perhaps because I am not in Canada, and it knows >> that. >> >> I can understand why I get that page. What appals me is that they are >> basically saying "You have to be running Windows to access this site." >> Chances are they use ActiveX Objects. >> >> Joe > > That cannot be the reason. I accessed the first link using firefox with > the default browser identification and ended up here : > https://www.sunnet.sunlife.com/member/signin/index.asp > the actual login page. > And I'm certainly not in Canada. The site doesnt seem to be using > activex objects but its using java sripts. > >
You're right. I told Konqueror to identify itself as Netscape 7.1 on Windows XP and it lets me see it. If I turn Agent identification off however, I get a 404 error. Go figure. At least we know the site works. Funny how that setting can have such a dramatic effect. - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF/7hNiXBCVWpc5J4RAlfyAJ97hBF56t4voDy0SnRkcpUrorpOKACfdJTI SRvATaAwyVB7pUW17kC2DgI= =e0dv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
