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Re: Microsoft's fix for URL containing username:password@ obfuscation


From: Daniel.Capo () tco net br
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:08:48 -0200

What I'd like to know is if they'll do this IN ADDITION to fixing the bug or not.

Bobby Brown wrote:

Summary

Microsoft plans to release a software update that removes support for handling user names and passwords in HTTP and HTTP with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or HTTPS URLs in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The following URL syntax is no longer supported in Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer after you install this software update:
http(s)://username:password@server/resource.ext

This article is intended to give you advance notice of this change in Internet Explorer's default behavior. If you include user information in HTTP or HTTPS URLs, Microsoft recommends that you explore the workarounds that are described in this article before you install this software update. Microsoft will post more information in this article when the software update becomes available.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];834489

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