On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Stas Bekman wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Matt Sergeant wrote:
>
> > On 11 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Anyone know why a browser would send something like this?
> > >
> > > HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE=en-us,x-ns1MKtfdqbuNhQ;q=0.4,x-ns2r2e09OnmPe2
> > >
> > > the x-ns1 and x-ns2 stuff look like base64 encoded 8-byte blocks, almost as if
> > > it's some kind of key exchange or key leaking mechanism.
> >
> > Its very odd that one specifies a score too. I've never seen this before.
>
> The score is a part of the RFC. You forget that the browser is not only NC
> or IE :) You can implement your own browser in many ways and than send
> any kind of headers. So if I send to your server this header:
Yes I know the RFC well :-)
> HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE=Stas_is_learning_french_please_speak_slowly;q=0.99,en-us;0.01
But to what purpose? That was the point. No server is going to deliver
alternate content in a language that isn't defined by the IANA list.
> Will you also ask why Stas is learning french? :) :) :) I ask myself the
> same question :)
:-)
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