[Mldonkey-users] Re: URL with login & pass

[Robin Hill]

On Fri Apr 30, 2004 at 04:08:06PM +0200, Lionel Bouton <address@hidden> wrote:

> Robin Hill wrote the following on 04/30/2004 12:51 PM :
> 
> >[...]
> >
> >Just to point out that this syntax is not and never has been part of the
> >standard.  It is standard syntax for FTP but not for HTTP (though, as
> >you say, most other browsers do support it).
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> See rfc 2396 (August 1998)
> 3.2.2. Server-based Naming Authority
> 
> the "password" component is "NOT RECOMMENDED" but clearly supported by 
> the RFC.
> 
RFC 2396 only says that _some_ URI schemes support this syntax, it does
not specify which schemes do/do not, and the URI format provided is only
the generic format.  RFC 2616 details HTTP 1.1 and this does not support
a username/password, nor does HTTP 1.0 (RFC 1945).

Cheers,
        Robin

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