Opera browser spoofing firefox?
 

My online banking does not work with opera, as my bank demands firefox or IE.

I remember there is a setting in opera, to pretend to be someone else. SpoofUseragent in the ini-file seems to be the place, but it does not work.

Any idea how I can pretend to be firefox?

(And no, I cannot use Minimo, as it is too buggy and crashes all the time)

Re: Opera browser spoofing firefox?
 

I have the same problem.

Re: Opera browser spoofing firefox?
 

This has been answered countless times already. Search for 'Privoxy'. It will only help with browser detection, not if the app actually uses features like Java or Ajax.

Re: Opera browser spoofing firefox?
 

I tried installing Privoxy. It's running, but somehow, when I surf to the http://config.privoxy.org site, it still says Privoxy isn't running. Not sure why....


Luke

Re: Opera browser spoofing firefox?
 

Ok, found out how...

After installing Privoxy using the Repositories and Application Manager, I had to go to the Control Panel and edit the WLAN connection. In there, near the end of the configuration there is an "Advanced" button, which then shows the Proxy settings.

I entered 127.0.0.1 and port 8118 for HTTP and HTTPS.

Thereafter, connect on Opera and it worked.

Re: Opera browser spoofing firefox?
 

I've done all the Privoxy stuff correctly, but it still doesn't work for me, because Bank of America requires a digital certificate to be installed in the browser. I installed it using the Certificate Manager in the Control Panel, with the purposes e-mail, browser and wlan, but the BofA website doesn't recognize it as installed in the browser.

Re: Opera browser spoofing firefox?
 

Ok, I tried playing with the default.action for privoxy, but I STILL cannot mask my user agent! I think I'm doing it wrongly, but it seemed pretty straight forward, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Can someone please help and let me know what and WHERE to enter the

+hide-user-agent{the_useragent_string_you_want}

I entered

+hide-user-agent{Mozilla/5.0}

at the end of the file for mine, but it doesn't work. I also tried

{+hide-user-agent{the_useragent_string_you_want}}

No go as well.

Re: Opera browser spoofing firefox?
 

One way is to copy the opera.ini file to the "Documents" directory (which is visible from the file manager). If you give the copy a .txt extension, you'll be able to open and edit it in Notes.

Type this line in Xterm once you are @ root.

>> cp ./.opera/opera.ini ./MyDocs/.documents/operaini.txt <<

Now go to "Documents" directory and click on the newly created operaini.txt file. It should open in Notes.

Scroll down the text to find the line:

Change the UserAgent ID to what you want...

Save the changes then open Xterm, gain root access, and then type this:
>> cp -f ./MyDocs/.documents/operaini.txt ./.opera/opera.ini <<



I can't tell you if it will work on the site you want but this method does work for changing Opera settings in the ini file. :)

Opera's Settings File Explained

Re: Opera browser spoofing firefox?
 

Thanks, but that doesn't seem to work. I changed the settings, but still there is the "Opera" string in the http requests.

So I may try the privoxy path.

Thanks for all your help!

Re: Opera browser spoofing firefox?
 

That part is explained in the HOWTO :

"The default configuration files are under /etc/privoxy. You need to read and edit at least /etc/privoxy/config.
The config file is where you can specify the next proxy in the chain by changing the 'forward' command(s). But the real fun happens in the 'default.action' file. If you want to change your user-agent header, that is where you need to add a line like :

+hide-user-agent{the_useragent_string_you_want} \

... in the "Defaults" section. Note the trailing antislash."

So you need to check :

- if you're editing the right file (default.action)
- if you're in the right Section (Defaults)
- if you have the right syntax AND the trailing antislash...