Hi, I agree the patch is bullsh** as you call it but I've some mixed feelings about it. The fact is that I also have some applications that stop working with this patch but... having username and password in the URL doesn't seem to be a good idea nowadays.
At the same time, there was some users "hacked" using URL hidding and this patch protects those users. So, in that way it's a good thing. Well, I know that problem was a IE bug, but still... I also don't want to start an anti-M$ discussion... Moreover, username and password in the URL is been deprecated since RFC2616. But that doens't mean you can't support it! Microsoft decided not do it anymore. Two options: fix your website or don't install the patch. I know my comments might not be a good help but as I wrote before, I also don't know very well what to think about this.. Cheers Jorge On 10-Feb-2004 Matthias Hertzog wrote: > Hi there! > > Microsoft has released a IE patch Number 834489. This patch makes URLs like > http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED] unusable. Since we have a few > applications (intranets, closed user groups, a.s.o) running which use this > kind of verification, our customers are running into problems after applying > this patch. > > mhs has released informations at http://www.mhs.ch/mhsservices/patch.shtml > (sorry, german only) and is currently informing customers affected by this. > > Please don't start any "political" (Anti-MS) discussions now. I fully agree, > that this MS patch is pure bullshit. I'm very interested in your points of > view and possible _technical_ solutions in that. > > Best wishes, > Matthias > > BTW: Microsoft's informations: > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];834489 > > M.H. > > > ---------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/ -- Cybernet Switzerland P.O. Box 825, Schaffhauserstr. 560, CH-8052 Zuerich Tel +41 1 306 46 46, Fax +41 1 306 95 95 Jorge Morgado, Network Engineer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/
