On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Eliah Kagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a question, relating to the PUBLIC DOMAIN issue. I don't know > the answer, but it seems relevant. > > When a http indexing bot (like those used by Google, for instance) > comes upon a hyperlink into a page that is http authenticated, does it > follow the link and try a blank password, or does it not follow the > link? Is there some accepted standard for that? > > If it is considered acceptable to assume that access is permitted to > any system that doesn't have passwords set but present http > authentication, it would be hard to argue that other forms of > authentication are different. Of course, having gained access, making > deliberate modifications, however slight, would be illegal. >
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