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Subject: Re: SECURITY: my name is on a message which I didn't post!

Author: Jim Bell

Date: 14:23:53 02/03/04

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On February 03, 2004 at 17:01:17, Dan Andersson wrote:

> Tim found this out:
> It can get the URL. And if the browser has crappy or nonexistant password
>management it might be tempting to use a link with the
>username:password@siteurl. And a crappy browser might not strip the information.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson

Yikes! That's what I was doing, clicking a link in my c:\links.htm file
(xxx:yyy@www.talk...) using Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 5.50...). I
didn't know that someone else would be able to see that. I'll type in my new
password each time from now on.

Jim Bell




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