Re: Microsoft to Strike IE URL Passwords

On Friday, January 30, 2004, at 05:27  PM, wizard@newsreports.org wrote:
> But, username:password@example.com is a valid uri in
> the http protocol.  It follows, therefore, that it is
> a valid HREF value in an <A> tag. If the browser then
> does something other than is intended when the <A> tag
> is invoked, then it is arguably non-compliant.

That form of URI has been officially deprecated by the IETF
for over 9 years.  The HTTP standard doesn't even allow it
for "http" URIs.

....Roy