Re: Latest IE patch breaking non username:password@encoded websites?

["Bryan Heitman" <bryan () bryanheitman com>]

Yes they broke basic auth in a URL.

I am uncertain as to why it was necessary to remove this functionality.

Bryan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herman Harless" <herman () ntelos net>
To: "nanog" <nanog () merit edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:26 AM
Subject: Latest IE patch breaking non username:password@encoded websites?


> We're starting to take complaints from folks who have installed the
> latest IE patch about various broken website functionality.  The
> complaints are not related to folks trying to use the username:password@
> functionality that was removed by the patch.
>
> Is anyone taking similar calls / seeing similar issues? 
>
> Herman Harless
> Director, Advanced Data Network Engineering and Operations
> NTELOS, Inc.
> herman () ntelos net