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Re: MS to stop allowing passwords in URLs

At 22:54 28/01/2004, McAllister, Andrew wrote: 
I just read that Microsoft will stop allowing IDs and passwords to be
embedded in URLs used by Internet Explorer. So you will no longer be
able to use a URL like https://user:password@www.somehost.com/

See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;834489 

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

Personally, I think it's a reasonable step - these spoofed URLs are a big problem for many people.

You can disable the functionality in IE if you wish (the above link has details)

I think I'd prefer it if you could override it on a site by site basis (eg using the 'trusted sites' functions, or by having the username:password@url in your IE 'favourites')

(Although, having said that, having spammers use http://username@url is quite a good trigger to put in email anti-spam rules, as I've never seen anyone use that format in an email link legitimately..)
Paul VPOP3 - Internet Email Server/Gateway
support@pscs.co.uk http://www.pscs.co.uk/