Native User Agent - Revision history

Tom: /* Which Device is accessing the web? */

2021-03-25T14:57:15Z

‎Which Device is accessing the web?

Tom: /* Where is the Device? */

2021-03-25T14:56:38Z

‎Where is the Device?

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‎References

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‎References

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2019-04-14T01:25:09Z

‎Where is the Device?

Tom: /* Which Device is accessing the web? */

2019-04-13T22:45:57Z

‎Which Device is accessing the web?

Tom: /* Which User is accessing the Web? */

2019-04-13T22:32:13Z

‎Which User is accessing the Web?

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‎Context

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 ===Which Device is accessing the web?===
-* Many of today's user held devices, including [[Smart Phones]] and [[Late Binding Token]]s can hold user credentials securely so that they will not be compromised when used on the web.
+* Many of today's user held devices, including [[Smart Phone]]s and [[Late Binding Token]]s can hold user credentials securely so that they will not be compromised when used on the web.
 ===Where is the Device?===

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 ===Where is the Device?===
-* This particular question is related to legal jurisdiction as well as security risk evaluation. It will not be further explored here.
+* This particular question is related to legal jurisdiction as well as  [[Security Risk]] evaluation. It will not be further explored here.
 ===Which Software is accessing the web?===

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 ==References==
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 [[Category:Glossary]]
 [[Category:Trust]]
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 ===Where is the Device?===
 ===Which Software is accessing the web?===
 *Nearly any application running on a user's device is allowed to access the internet and claim that it represents the user. There is no built-in mechanism to test this assertion by an internet connected service. The internet was designed to connect computer systems, and that is all it can be relied upon to do.

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 *When a request comes in from the web, the following are the kinds of questions that the [[Web Site]] might wish to know.
 ===Which User is accessing the Web?===
 ===Which Device is accessing the web?===
 ===Where is the Device?===

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 ==Problems==
-===Which User is accessing the Web===
+*The user should trust that when they are using a computing device to access the web, that it is truly acting on their behave. In other words is the collection of hardware and software faithfully representing then on the web? As yet user cannot connect themselves to the internet, so a faithful agent is required.
-===Which Device is accessing the web===
+*When a request comes in from the web, the following are the kinds of questions that the [[Web Site]] might wish to know.
-===Which Software is accessing the web===
+===Which User is accessing the Web?===
-===Is the User Actually Present===
+===Which Device is accessing the web?===
 *Nearly any application running on a user's device is allowed to access the internet and claim that it represents the user. There is no built-in mechanism to test this assertion by an internet connected service. The internet was designed to connect computer systems, and that is all it can be relied upon to do.
 *Any [[Web Site]] that wishes to create a [[Persistent]] [[Identifier]] for a [[User]] will need to take responsibility for any necessary [[Assurance]] that the program running on the user's device really does reflect the will of the user.
 *Most of the larger enterprises operating on [[The Web]] prefer to supply a [[Native App]] to the users device to improve the [[User Experience]] for that site.
 *Nearly every browser shipped lies their [http://www.webapps-online.com/online-tools/user-agent-strings/dv/ User Agent String] to get the most web sites to accept them. The problem is that when they have different characteristics it is hard for the [[Web Site]] to determine which characteristics to use.
 ==Solutions==

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 ==Context==
-*The best [[User Agent]] on an internet connected device is a [[User]] [[Trusted Browser]] to work only in the user's best interests.
+*Today the best [[User Agent]] on an internet connected device is a [[User]] [[Trusted Browser]] to work only in the user's best interests.
-*When discussing the use of the internet by a user, what is really meant is the presence of the user's agent on an internet connection.
+*Any [[Native App]] can create a HTTP Get request and claim to be a [[User Agent]] in the HTTP header.
-*Typically the [[Native App]] will run on a [[User Device]] in the user's physical possession, but it is possible that the agent is running on a service in [[The Cloud]]. Usually this would not be detected by a [[Web Site]].
+*This page discusses the creation of a [[Native App]] that really can be trusted by the user to act in the user's best interests as it understands them.
 ==Problems==