[wpmu-trac] [WordPress MU Trac] #300: Can't edit without having a valid User-Agent string.

[WordPress MU Trac]

#300: Can't edit without having a valid User-Agent string.
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 Reporter:  xiand0      |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  lowest      |   Milestone:          
Component:  component1  |     Version:          
 Severity:  blocker     |    Keywords:          
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 Reproduce:

 about:config in mozilla corporation browsers, add
 general.useragent.override , put a string like BuzzOff/1.0 there, load the
 editor, now you can't load the editor.

 It really is quite silly to assume users give you a user-agent you know
 about (I write XiandoBrowser, someone downloads and uses it and identifies
 as XiandoBrowser/1.0, WPMU is screwed with any browser which may turn up
 in the future).

 This also applies to the - to be honest - extremely stupid code in WPMU
 which actually assumes that you provide the referrer field, which most
 people I know don't - but I am aware that most of the ignorant sheep out
 there do.

 I call this a severity "blocker", because I'm told it really does block
 every user on a anonymous blogging service rumored to exit as a location
 hidden tor-service.

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