- From: Stuart Harris <sirrah@cg57.esnet.com>
 - Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 08:37:41 -0700 (PDT)
 - To: www-html@w3.org
 
Jon Wallis penned...
> I really can't see what all the fuss is about.  The web (and therefore HTML)
> is (or at least *were*) about open distribution of information.  "Hiding"
> the source just seems petulant in the extreme.
> --
Well Jon, the original question -- at least, _my_ original Usenet question -- 
related to the use of a hyperlink of the form 
       ftp://user:password@ftp.some.site.uk 
which is permitted, but REALLY STUPID unless the code can be concealed.
Isn't it?
Cheers from San Diego,
Stu Harris
Received on Wednesday, 4 October 1995 11:38:10 UTC