Re: Alternative User-Agent header

Travis Siegel <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.lynx.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Yeah, I got the same message when I used lynx directly, w/o changing the 
browser string.

Obviously the ip and id number were different, but otherwise, the 
message was identical.  Which is what prompted me to send the last email 
saying 2/3 of the use cases could be fixed.  I too use cookies, and it 
made no difference, so don't know if it's possible to get around this 
issue at all with lynx or other nonstandard browsers.


On 6/25/2021 12:42 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> 	I use:
>
> 	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6 l_y_n_x
>
>
> 	ENABLE_LYNXRC:useragent:ON
>
> in lynx.cfg makes the value persist.
>
> 	www.fanfiction.net returns:
>
> '        Please enable cookies.
> One more step
> Please complete the security check to access www.fanfiction.net
>          Please stand by, while we are checking your browser...
>          Redirecting...
> Please turn JavaScript on and reload the page.
>          Please enable Cookies and reload the page.
> Why do I have to complete a CAPTCHA?
>          Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property.
> What can I do to prevent this in the future?
>          If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware.
>          If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected
> devices.
>          Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the [1]Firefox Add-ons Store.
>          Cloudflare Ray ID: 664fa00b9cce0fc5 o Your IP: 172.58.107.145 o Performance & security by [2]Cloudflare
> '
>
>
> 	I think no user-agent header will make a difference.  BTW
> cookies are enabled in my lynx; other sites use them successfully.
>
> russell bell
>
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