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 -------- 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) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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