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Which HTTP header field is used in forensics to identify the type of browser used?
A. referrer
B. host
C. user-agent
D. accept-language
Correct Answer: C
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0 In computing, a user agent is any software, acting on behalf of a user, which “retrieves, renders and facilitates enduser interaction with Web content”.[1] A user agent is therefore a special kind of software agent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent#User_agent_identificationA user agent is a computer program representing a person, for example, a browser in a Web context.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/User_agent
