From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: October 16, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Can two users have the same browser detection?
>
> Leo,
> Can two users have the same browser detection?
>
> I run a chat room, and have questioned a user because my gut
> tells me he's using two names. He has said no, but this
> evening he was in the room, then a while later, the other
> name logged in. As owner/administrator of the room, I have
> the ability to see the IP and the Broswer detection of each
> person. Although the IPs were different, the browsers were
> identical. I might not have thought anything of it for anyone
> else, but already my suspicions about this particular user
> was raised. I've tried to keep players out of my room. My
> question is...can two different computers have the exact
> browser configuration??
The two IP's you included with this are from completely different
ISPs, so they're not really telling anything.
It's definitely common for the browser identification
strings to be the same across many, many computers.
Sorry, but right now there's not a lot of data to help
here.
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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