full-disclosure - Interesting side effect of the new IE patch

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Message-ID: <200402062005.i16K51LC018625@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu)
Subject: Interesting side effect of the new IE patch 

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 19:28:18 +0100, Stefan Esser said:

> You may like it or not, HTTP URLs with username:password became a
> standard with IE 3.0  You should have raised your voice years ago against
> it but you have not. Now it is a widely used feature and it is more
> than arrogant to say that people who use it are dumb because they use
> something that is everywhere supported but is forbidden by some RFC

You may like it or not, running through red lights without stopping became
a standard.  You should have raised your voice years ago against it
but you have not.  Now it is a widely used feature ant itis more
than arrogant to say that people who use it are dumb because they do
something that is everywhere supported but is forbidden by some law.

Common practice isn't the same as standard.
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