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Re: MS to stop allowing passwords in URLs



Dear McAllister, Andrew,


--Thursday, January 29, 2004, 1:54:00 AM, you wrote to 
bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:



MA> Anyone have any comments regarding legitimate uses of this syntax and
MA> Microsoft removing it from their browser? (and presumably the OS since
MA> the browser IS the OS).

ftp://user:pass@site

is  _only_  way  to  authenticate  FTP through HTTP proxy (if not given,
proxy always use anonymous).

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