Aug 27, 2021
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“Defend the Web” write-up (Secure agent — browser spoofing)
A user agent is a “string” — a line of text — that the webserver uses to identify the browser and operating system. This may appear straightforward, yet user agents have evolved into a jumbled mess over time.
In this challenge, the browser allows access to the page only as a “secure_user_agent”. Let’s see how we can accomplish it. For this particular example, it…
