$HTTP_USER_AGENT info

Anon

Hey,

I know that this isn't an Apache board, but since I'm using php to pull the variables, I thought I'd ask.

Can anyone define the various segments of the $HTTP_USER_AGENT value?

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; Compaq; DigExt)

I assume the first value after compatable: is Browser, then Platform, then Computer, but what is DigExt. This is the value I see change most often.

Thanks

Ron

Anon

I have been curious about this too and have not found a complete answer but, here are a few thoughts / Educated guesses :

The following has a list of MS User Agents :

http://browserwatch.internet.com/stats/ua-microsoft.html

And, by viewing that list it looks like it's an IE5.0 thing (not 5.01 or 5.5 or 4.xx) and only on Windows. But, as you can see this is not a perfect conclusion as a few 'bumps' exist.

Also, to quote Mark Johns :
http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/1/1999/11/0/2858360/

"...if it says DigExt, it`s IE5 web-whacking."

Anyone have an "authoritized" opinion on the matter?

Anon

I heard it was supposed to be DigEnc because they have the gay-arsh RSA encryption. =)
Just another M$ typo. Go figure.

Anon

It's a feature from IE 5 that allows off-line browsing. See the following link for more info:

http://www.davin.ottawa.on.ca/archive/modperl/1999-10/msg00883.phtml