User Agent Category: Software

In this category we included infrastructure modules installed with the browser or the operating system, which appear in the User Agent string, as well as various software components or open-source code for HTTP, FTP or generic TCP/IP protocol.

AgentDescription
(Encryption Strength)Netscape, Mozilla, Opera and some other browsers use U/I/N to specify the browser's encryption strength: U for USA or 128-bit encryption (strong security), I for International or 40-bit encryption (weak security), N for None or no encryption (no security). Latest browser versions are distributed only in U 256-bit encryption, since international versions are no longer required.

(Language-Country)Language-Country pair. Possibly misspelled language-country code: en_CA --> en-CA, en_US --> en-US, en-en --> en.

.NET CLR.NET CLRMicrosoft's .NET platform, whose CLR core and framework classes can be installed on Windows operating system. Known versions to date: 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, followed by the build number.

Active Content Browser

AmiTCP MiamiAmiga Miami TCP Stack.

AppleWebKitSet of core classes to display web content in windows. Part of Safari and other Apple-based browsers.

BMClientPart of ButtMan remote access tool.

CamelHttpStreamEvolution integrated mail solution Camel TCP stream class.

CFNetworkMac OS X CoreFoundation CFNetwork API.

ChilkatHTTP component user-agent.

Cold FusionCold Fusion server.

Commerce Browser CenterWildsoft closed Internet client system user-agent.

Communication ServerNortel Carrier Voice over IP Superclass softswitch on the XA Core Platform.

CoralWebPrxCoral Content Distribution Network.

DevComponentsDevComponents HTMLDocument Class Library for Visual Studio.net.

DTAAgentJava object for data collecting.

EmbeddedWBEmbedded Web Browser (WB) is a package of freeware components, developped with Borland Delphi, to build a web browser or a chat client.

FDMFree Download Manager (FDM) download accelerator.

FetchInternet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server cache refreshing request, or IE with some website API request component.

GeckoFree open-source layout engine of Mozilla-based browsers. Followed by the built date, in YYYYMMDD format. Its version is actually included as revision number (rv:..).

Go-Ahead-Got-ItDiscontinued web accelerator.

Goldfire ServerInvention Machines server.

Google Wireless Transcoder

HgrepURLO'Reilly's Perl LWP example client program, from Web Client Programming with Perl.

HTMLParserOpen source Java library used to parse HTML in either a linear or nested fashion. Primarily used for transformation or extraction, it features filters, visitors, custom tags and easy to use JavaBeans. It is a fast, robust and well tested package.

HTTP RetrieverPHP HTTP client to access Web servers.

HTTP::LiteStandalone Perl module for retreiving HTTP documents.

HttpUnitOpen-source Java browser behavior simulation tool. Automates website testing, including form submission, JavaScript, basic http authentication, cookies and automatic page redirection, and allows Java test.

ICSNovell iChain Cool Solutions (ICS) caching.

IDAInternet Download Accelerator.

IncutioHttpClient - a PHP web client class.

Indy LibraryInternet Direct Library for Borland, often used as e-mail address collector and mass mailing tool.

InetURLIVM phone software plugin for web server access.

InfoPathMicrosoft Office product, to collect and manage data. IE form and spreadsheet plugin.

IP*Works!HTTP Component.

IPv6Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the successor of current IP version 4. IPv6 is a network layer protocol for packet-switched internetworks, used also on WWW.

Jakarta CommonsJava-based HTTP client. Collection of Java classes implementing HTTP functions that can be used by an application to handle HTTP stuff.

JavaJava Virtual Machine (VM) and Development Kit (JDK).

JBH Agent

JeodeInsignias PDA Java platform.

KHTMLOpen Source HTML layout engine, developed by the KDE project and used in Safari and other Apple-based browsers. Included in User Agent mostly as '(KHTML, like Gecko)'. In fact, the main open source rival of Gecko.

libcurl-agentMultiprotocol file transfer library, standard user-agent name.

Link CheckPerl HTML link checker, from Perl for Web Site Management.

MDAIPPMicrosoft Data Access Internet Publishing Provider (MDAIPP), MS Office 2000 acting as WebDAV client and server probe for data access operations using MS Frontpage with OPTION header. According to Google, this browser type will typically show up if you have downloadable files on your site that are typically opened by a Microsoft Office product (e.g. Word .doc files and Excel .xls files). The plugins used by Internet Explorer to view these file types report themselves as Microsoft Data Access Internet Publishing Provider when viewing that page.

MFC Tear SampleMicrosoft user agent.

MOSBookmarksJoomla!/Mambo component and link checking.

MozillaMozillaBrowser compatible with first versions of Netscape's web browser. When MSIE present (i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer browser), Mozilla's version can be: 1.22 for IE 1.5 and 2.0, 2.0 for IE 3.x for Windows and IE 2.1 for Mac, 3.0 for IE 3.x for Mac, 4.0 for IE 4.x and higher. For Netscape browser, the version number can be followed by 'Gold', which means the browser includes an HTML editor. Mozilla browsers have the Netscape compatibility version 5.0.

My WinHTTP ConnectionWinHTTP services.

NEWT ActiveXBorland Delphi OCX component used by WebCollector email harverster.

OpenSSLOpenSSL is an open source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols.

POEHTTP user-agent for POE, portable networking framework for Perl.

PowerTCPActiveX control tool.

REBOLREBOL is a messaging language for distributed Internet apps. REBOL View is a machine independent internet client application.

Security Version 1IE 6 in Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 installed.

SNASnoopy PHP-client.

SnoopyOpen-source PHP class that simulates a web browser. It automates the task of retrieving web page content and posting forms.

Tablet PCTablet services are installed

uTorrentTorrent BitTorrent client.

VikingServer user/client.

Watchfire WebXMIntranet solution.

WebRACEHTTP retrieval, annotation and caching engine.

WinFXWindows Presentation Foundation, which provides the foundation for building applications and high fidelity experiences in Longhorn.

WinHttp.WinHttpRequestWindows HTTP Services, WinHTTP/XML-parser.

WMFSDKWindows Metafile Format Software Development Kit (WMFSDK).

WWW-MechanizePerl web page fetching module.