Basic web hacking 3

Well im just wondering how to use user agent, im kinda new on this :) i hope some one can help me with it :D

yeah man. i can help ya out…pm me

There is a good plugin for firefox called User Agent Switcher, which I'm sure will suite your needs ;)

Do i need a plugin for mine if it says:

Now, Drake learned how to make http user agents with php. Wrong user_agent, bwh3_user_agent wasn't found

Or is that part of the challenge, and we are supposed to solve it?

Ponguile wrote: Do i need a plugin for mine if it says:

Now, Drake learned how to make http user agents with php. Wrong user_agent, bwh3_user_agent wasn't found

Or is that part of the challenge, and we are supposed to solve it?

The idea is you have to change yours to his ;)

ZylanZeR wrote: Well im just wondering how to use user agent, im kinda new on this :) i hope some one can help me with it :D

Nevermind ppl :) lol that was kinda easy when you got it :p well thanks anyway :)

system_meltdown wrote: [quote]Ponguile wrote: Do i need a plugin for mine if it says:

Now, Drake learned how to make http user agents with php. Wrong user_agent, bwh3_user_agent wasn't found

Or is that part of the challenge, and we are supposed to solve it?

The idea is you have to change yours to his ;)[/quote]

Change my what? my user_agent?

Yes with the user agent switcher for Fire Fox.

yes u hav to change the user_agent. use firefox with user_agent_switcher extension. open agent_switcher panel and examine d available user_agents. then ull know d answer by urself.

evilTonmoy wrote: yes u hav to change the user_agent. use firefox with user_agent_switcher extension. open agent_switcher panel and examine d available user_agents. then ull know d answer by urself.

Oh ok, ill get the extension now..

EDIT: Ok i got it, but how do i configure a new user agent to complete the challange?

Ponguile wrote:

Oh ok, ill get the extension now..

EDIT: Ok i got it, but how do i configure a new user agent to complete the challange? Tools->User Agent Switcher->Options->Options… From here, click on the User Agents tab where you can add new user agents or view the details of existing ones.

SlimTim10 wrote: [quote]Ponguile wrote:

Oh ok, ill get the extension now..

EDIT: Ok i got it, but how do i configure a new user agent to complete the challange? Tools->User Agent Switcher->Options->Options… From here, click on the User Agents tab where you can add new user agents or view the details of existing ones.[/quote]

Well yea i got that far, but i have no idea what im doing when i get to the ADD information page

Uber0n wrote: There is a good plugin for firefox called User Agent Switcher, which I'm sure will suite your needs ;)

Just curious as to what the User Agent is used for? I mean is this something that sys admins see when they are trying to see who is accessing a site or is it used for something else?

Ponguile wrote: [quote]SlimTim10 wrote: [quote]Ponguile wrote:

Oh ok, ill get the extension now..

EDIT: Ok i got it, but how do i configure a new user agent to complete the challange? Tools->User Agent Switcher->Options->Options… From here, click on the User Agents tab where you can add new user agents or view the details of existing ones.[/quote]

Well yea i got that far, but i have no idea what im doing when i get to the ADD information page[/quote]

Is what you do, after youv clicked options you click on the user agents tab (left hand side) then click add, type the user agent you want and click ok then use it.

Ac1d wrote: damn , im too late to help out :(:( no you're not, how bout helping me understand the finer details of the User Agent? What's so special about it?

The user-agent specifies the browser you are using to access the website. If you use FireFox for example, your user-agent is "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6". This is different per browser. It is used by webservers to create a rapport of browsers the visitors use.

You can change this with the FF plugin, or do it with Telnet, like i did. If you'll do it with Telnet, you'll learn about HTTP to…

DaSt wrote: The user-agent specifies the browser you are using to access the website. If you use FireFox for example, your user-agent is "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6". This is different per browser. It is used by webservers to create a rapport of browsers the visitors use.

You can change this with the FF plugin, or do it with Telnet, like i did. If you'll do it with Telnet, you'll learn about HTTP to… ok thanks. But what I guess I'm really trying to find out is what is the signifigance of changing it, i mean outside of making ff looke like ie or opera or whatever? Is there a another reason to do this or is that just it being able to change the browsers id so the webservers reports are wrong?

Many sites show different content depending on your browser, and some rare sites do only accept a certain OS and block the others.