A user agent is to tell the web server what type of browser is requesting content so that appropriate content can be returned.
Here are the related RFCs: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1945.txt http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2068.txt On 05/25/2010 10:24 PM, ethana2 wrote: > Please tell me what useragents are for. > -- Ubuntu web browsers do not properly identify host https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584758 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs