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Re: Browser fingerprinting? [message #182833 is a reply to message #182829]

Wed, 18 September 2013 00:20

bill
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On 2013-09-17 4:53 PM, Marc van Lieshout wrote:
> On 15-09-13 00:11, Gilles wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:30:18 -0400, Twayne <nobody(at)spamcop(dot)net> wrote:
>>> If it were easy to do, it'd also be widely publicized and available.
>>
>> Thanks for the feedback.
>>
>
> It IS easy to do and widely available.
For only one browser? And what if the miscreant isn't using a browser?
Such apps are readily available and have been for years, and they grow
smarter with each iteration.
So, no, it's not easy to do with the exception of keeping say FF
users from over-typing the boundaries. And if they are running js, which
miscreants are not going to do.
>
> Look at the firefox add-on called SecretAgent. It's at:
> https://www.dephormation.org.uk/?page=81
>
> It has some 150 browser identification strings aboard (Including Amaya,
> Dillo, Bluefish), spoofs x-forwarded-for and via, spoof ETags and send
> random Accept: headers.
>
> Then rethink your question.
>

I wasn't aware of FF's addon for that, but it wouldn't influence me in
any way; one browser amongst many and thinking they're going to be used
by all miscreants is a dangerous assumption when what you want to avoid
is a message bomb which is the max an OS can handle. And as has been
mentioned a few times, it's not enough for actual security purposes;
it's only one possibility to watch out for. A text bomb can be a real PITA.
I'm not sure rethinking the question based on that is a wise decision.

Twayne`

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		Browser fingerprinting? By: Gilles Ganault on Thu, 12 September 2013 21:56
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Denis McMahon on Thu, 12 September 2013 22:26
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Gilles Ganault on Thu, 12 September 2013 22:38
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Gilles Ganault on Thu, 12 September 2013 22:43
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Denis McMahon on Thu, 12 September 2013 23:29
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Gilles Ganault on Fri, 13 September 2013 07:23
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 13 September 2013 13:32
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: bill on Fri, 13 September 2013 23:13
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Christoph Michael Bec on Fri, 13 September 2013 23:30
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: jimp on Thu, 12 September 2013 22:19
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 13 September 2013 00:31
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: J.O. Aho on Fri, 13 September 2013 04:59
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Fiver on Fri, 13 September 2013 03:04
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Michael Vilain on Fri, 13 September 2013 05:49
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 13 September 2013 13:35
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Martin Leese on Fri, 13 September 2013 14:42
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 15 September 2013 18:57
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Gilles Ganault on Fri, 13 September 2013 07:22
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: bill on Fri, 13 September 2013 23:30
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Gilles Ganault on Sat, 14 September 2013 22:11
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: bill on Sun, 15 September 2013 20:27
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Peter H. Coffin on Mon, 16 September 2013 02:07
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Gregor Kofler on Mon, 16 September 2013 09:36
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: bill on Wed, 18 September 2013 00:02
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Peter H. Coffin on Wed, 18 September 2013 03:47
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Norman Peelman on Mon, 16 September 2013 10:13
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Denis McMahon on Mon, 16 September 2013 11:03
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: bill on Wed, 18 September 2013 00:11
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: bill on Wed, 18 September 2013 00:06
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 18 September 2013 00:33
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Marc van Lieshout on Tue, 17 September 2013 20:53
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: bill on Wed, 18 September 2013 00:20
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Denis McMahon on Wed, 18 September 2013 05:06
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: Scott Johnson on Wed, 18 September 2013 13:09
		Re: Browser fingerprinting? By: J.O. Aho on Wed, 18 September 2013 16:24

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