The following reply was made to PR mod_proxy/1163; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Fredy Paquet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: mod_proxy/1163: Proxy Server does not forward http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] correctly Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 08:59:03 -0600 (MDT) On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Fredy Paquet wrote: > May be not a valid HTTP url, but it is common practise to use > http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ to access protected html pages. No, it is common practice for a _browser_ to understand that. It _must_ translate it internally to a proper HTTP authorization. If it does not do that, then the client is broken. > > When clicking to such a link on the internet, you always have > to wait for the error message, remove user:password from the > link, connect again and enter user:passwd again in the popup box. > > As we mentioned before, there are other proxy servers that > support this construct. It is very anoying that apache (while > working quite well as proxy server) does not support it. > > Hope you put this on the todo list... It simply isn't a desirable feature. It adds security risks and there is no reason why clients should be doing it. What client is behaving this way? > > best regards > F. Paquet > > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 26 02:18:44 1997 > > From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: mod_proxy/1163: Proxy Server does not forward > > http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] correctly > > Content-Length: 445 > > X-Lines: 13 > > > > Synopsis: Proxy Server does not forward http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > correctly > > > > State-Changed-From-To: open-closed > > State-Changed-By: marc > > State-Changed-When: Thu Sep 25 14:41:28 PDT 1997 > > State-Changed-Why: > > You say ftp in one place, but http in another. > > http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ should not be recognized because > > it is not a valid HTTP url. > > > > ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ (if you did mean ftp, as you > > say later in your message) is valid and does work fine. > > > > >
