IE headers w patch level

From: Daniel Bowers (Satus) (daniel.bowers@satus.com)
Date: 12/23/01 

From: "Daniel Bowers (Satus)" <daniel.bowers@satus.com>
To: <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:07:55 -0600

After MS01-058 (13 Dec "cumulative patch"), IE 5.5/6 started including the
patch-level in the http request header:

Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+98;+Q312461)
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+5.5;+Windows+98;+AltaVista+1.01.01;+T312461)
Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+98;+Win+9x+4.90;+T312461;+Q312461
)

Does anyone know if this will be done with future patches, and what the
purpose might be?

Daniel Bowers
Satus Tech LLC
daniel.bowers@satus.com

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