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

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Message-ID: <freemail.20040028120155.88230@fm3.freemail.hu>
From: etomcat at freemail.hu (Feher Tamas)
Subject: Microsoft's fix for URL username:password@ obfuscation

>Microsoft plans to release a software update that removes support
>for handling user names and passwords in HTTP and HTTP with
>Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or HTTPS URLs in Internet Explorer.

Security through mutility?