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Ayon sa chika ni Paolo Falcone noong Monday 04 February 2002 17:52,
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 at 13:21, Orlando Andico wrote:
> > The username/password is useful if you wanna download something from a
> > site that requires authentication (e.g. technet.oracle.com) but you want
> > to use wget(1) instead of your browser, e.g.
> >
> > http://orly:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/blah/blah/blah/blah.tar.gz
> >
> > I didn't know that feature of the HTTP spec was *that* obscure, I've
> > been using it for ages.
> >
> > (works for ftp too..)
>
> If I remember right, the web browser Opera recognizes such kinds of URL
> and would prompt the user if he'd want to enter some personal web site that
> would need authentication (unlike the prevalent web browsers in the
> market). I'd expect that MS would "borrow" that functionality in their next
> iteration of Internet Explorer. [Damn the courts: full integration ahead!]
>
>
> Paolo Falcone
>
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