Re: BoS: Netscape2.0 sends mail to the world without authority

[peter @ baileynm . com (Peter da Silva)]

> I was somewhat more surprised to find use the URL:

> ftp://someone:password @
 ftp .
 com/whatever/file

> in netscape (at least 2.0 & 2.01) to retrieve a file.

This is a standard URL... check the RFC.

And, yes, it'd be stupid to use it for account passwords. Especially through
a proxy where that string will get dutifully logged...

It's OK for grocery-coupon level stuff...