Latest IE patch breaking non username:password at encoded websites?

Tue Feb 3 18:20:23 UTC 2004

--On Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:34 AM -0600 Bryan Heitman 
<bryan at bryanheitman.com> wrote:

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> Yes they broke basic auth in a URL.
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> I am uncertain as to why it was necessary to remove this functionality.

My guess is that too many people were getting burned by URLs like this:

http://www.microsoft.com@%77%77%77%2E%70%69%6D%70%77%6F%72%6B%73%2E%6F%72%67

-Jeff

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