full-disclosure - Weird URL

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Date: Tue Aug  2 09:00:44 2005
From: lee.e.rian at census.gov (lee.e.rian@...sus.gov)
Subject: Weird URL

Bug Traq <traqbug@...il.com> wrote on 08/01/2005 11:26:27 AM:

> Paste this URL in a firefox browser address bar and see what happens.
> http://https/;//gmail.google.com
>
> Anyone know why?

Firefox default is to enable Internet Keywords - see
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/internet-keywords.html

Apparently there's no UI to disable it in firefox... you have to type
"about:config" in the address bar, find the "keyword.enabled" pref and
change it to false.

Regards,
Lee