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bug #39052: Disable sending a user agent string by default

Submitter:  kdevel <kdevel>
Submitted:  Thu 23 May 2013 04:13:45 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Feature Request Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Status:  Wont Fix
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  Closed
Release:  None Operating System:  None
Reproducibility:  None Fixed Release:  None
Planned Release:  None Regression:  None
Work Required:  None Patch Included:  Yes
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Fri 13 Sep 2013 02:32:11 PM UTC, comment #1: 

You won't need a patch to suppress User-Agent by default.
Just insert
  useragent=
into ~/.wgetrc or into /etc/wgetrc to supress it.

Tim Ruehsen <rockdaboot>
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Thu 23 May 2013 04:13:45 PM UTC, original submission:  

If wget is considered a "hacker tool" [1] it should not report its name to the server unbeknownst to the user of wget. The attached patch introduces a new option (short -u, long --defaultuseragent) which restores the old behavior.

Without -u or -U wget does no longer send a user agent string.

[1] http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/reporters-use-google-find-breach-get-branded-as-hackers/

kdevel <kdevel>

 

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file #28148:  wget-1.14-default-ua.diff added by kdevel (4KiB - text/x-patch)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2015-03-02 darnir StatusNone Wont Fix
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    2013-05-23 kdevel Carbon-Copy- Added -email is unavailable-
    2013-05-23 kdevel Attached File- Added wget-1.14-default-ua.diff, #28148

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