Posted by Ed Mullen on 06/11/07 01:22

dorayme wrote:
> In article
> <1181481870.388684.319820@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
> "Roy A." <royarneskar@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>
> If I may change tack here but on the general subject:
>
> At <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL> after "Here is a typical
> URI dissected:" is (a colourful image of) text in which a
> "password" is attached after "user:"
>
> Anyone know anything about this password possibility? An example
> of a practical use would be welcome.
>
Some use it to log into an FTP account using Windows Explorer/Internet
Explorer. Not a very secure practice to have a URL stored in your
bookmarks or favorites with a username and password in plain text.

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