full-disclosure - Microsoft's fix for URL containing username:password@ obfuscation

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From: syslock at gmx.de (Thomas Frenzel)
Subject: Microsoft's fix for URL containing username:password@
 obfuscation

> It fixes url obfuscation somehwat but doesn't this break ftp
> functionality in IE when behind a firewall?

According to the article this modification pertains http and https 
url-schemes, wich appears to be rfc-conformably to me. I would not 
expect the ftp-scheme and others to be affected.

Thomas