Full Disclosure: Re: Suspicious URL in IDS

[Andrew Farmer <andfarm () gmail com>]

On 03 Nov 07, at 16:24, Kelly Robinson wrote:
> Is the following URL valid?  http://www.address.com () www sitenameremoved ru
Technically, yes. (It specifies that the client is to authenticate to www.sitenameremoved.ru 
  with the username "www.address.com".) It's often used in phishing  
attempts, though, as a sufficiently long username can be used to  
obscure the actual hostname and path.

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