Hi Stephan, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
> Jan Holesovsky wrote: >> Hi Mathias, >> >> On Wednesday 02 of April 2008, Mathias Bauer wrote: >> >>>> Hi, I'm new to Calc, and fascinated by its power, but while using "Link >>>> to External Data" to get realtime stock quote, the website asks me to log >>>> in first, would you mind telling me how to type username/password when >>>> importing external data? Thanks. - psist - >>> I assume that "external data" shall mean "http". In ftp you could use >>> the "user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" syntax, not sure if this is possible for http. >> >> Unfortunately not until the CWS webdavandgvfslocking1 which changes >> tools/source/fsys/urlobj.cxx to support the user and password for http as >> well. > > HTTP URLs never allowed for a user:password part (see RFCs 1738, 2616), > and probably for good reason: 'Some URL schemes use the format > "user:password" in the userinfo field. This practice is NOT RECOMMENDED, > because the passing of authentication information in clear text (such as > URI) has proven to be a security risk in almost every case where it has > been used.' [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt] > > Anyway, if you do change behavior of protocols or add new protocols at > tools/source/fsys/urlobj.cxx, please remember to update the grammar > documentation at the top of the file. Should we take your mail as a suggestion not to add this feature to the UCB? In this case the Calc team should get a bug report to make sure that external data always is loaded with providing an interaction handler, so that a password dialog can be shown when needed. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
