I certainly agree with that. It is mostly significant because that
misfeature can be removed without violating explicit standards. I
believe a recent update to internet explorer does remove this capability
from http links.
On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 12:05 +0100, Griffiths, Ian wrote:
> I wasn't aware of this Adam.
>
> It is certainly supported in enough browser to be significant.
>
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Lydick [mailto:lydickaw_at_ruffledpenguin.org]
> Sent: Fri 14/05/2004 05:55
> To: Griffiths, Ian
> Cc: webappsec_at_securityfocus.com
> Subject: RE: Phishing
>
>
>
> while the generic description of URLs in an
> earlier RFC allows for "user@", the use of it is on a
> protocol-by-protocol basis and HTTP urls do not permit its use.)
>
Received on May 15 2004