bugtraq - Getting round website authentication with Firefox

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Date: 24 Jul 2005 23:52:11 -0000
From: account.throw@...il.com
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Getting round website authentication with Firefox

Using firefox's "save target as" feature, you can get round web authentication.

Make a password protected directory (with a video file inside) (using .htaccess and htpasswd), check that it actully requires a login when you click the link to the video normally, then create a hyperlink to the file, right click save as - oh snap, it doesn't ask for authentication.

I've only tested it with a video file and Firefox 1.0.6.