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Date:      Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:54:29 +0100
From:      Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>
To:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: microsoft got it right...
Message-ID:  <4.1.20000118185031.00c4e580@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001181723330.34600-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk. eu.org>

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At 17:24 18.01.00 +0000, you wrote:
>
>Does that mean M$ can tell what OS you are running at the moment, or
>what OS's you have installed on your machine?
>
Hi!

Ok, did not follow the thread from the beginning.

In fact, if they set a cookie, they can easily know which OS you _are_
running at the moment. 

Sniffing your OS installed is far more complicated, you'd need at least
some malicious code on the web page, like ActiveX or so..

Regards
Olaf Hoyer
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Olaf Hoyer	www.nightfire.de		mailto:Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de
FreeBSD- The power to serve		ICQ:22838075

Liebe und Hass sind nicht blind, aber geblendet vom Feuer,
dass sie selber mit sich tragen. (Nietzsche)


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