Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:08:54 +0000 From: "Richard P. Williamson" <richard.williamson@u4eatech.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does favicon.ico show as error in apache log Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20040326145316.024ea3e8@cygnus> In-Reply-To: <20040326143002.GC4741@ei.bzerk.org> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEILFKAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> <02fa01c412e2$fb83bc40$6702a8c0@gato> <20040326143002.GC4741@ei.bzerk.org>
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At 14:30 26/03/2004, Ruben de Groot wrote: >Or link favicon.ico to /dev/urandom to annoy IE users ;-) >Just kidding. Well, it isn't just IE that uses the favicon, as mozilla displays it also. Now, a favicon.ico is a 16pix x 16pix image in a certain format. If you assume 16 bits per pixel, thats 512 bytes. You could go up to 24 bits and still fit within a single packet. So read in 512 bytes from /dev/urandom instead, and spoof the .ico image format around it, and output that instead. Every user ends up with a different favicon in their browser window and you can claim 'well, it works for me, I don't know what /you/re talking about what do you /mean/ it looks like garbage?' Hm. Sounds like fun. Once my laptop is back from the shop (four motherboards and counting...), I might take a swing at it. rip
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