Wasn't there a way to fix this in the registry?

The main beef I have with this patch is that it turns
all '@' in the url into 'bad syntax'.  Contrary to what
most people think, having a username in the url does NOT
violate any RFCs.  2396 just recommends against passwords
in the URL, but it does make allowance for usernames.

The problem with Mozilla (although I use it under FreeBSD) is
that it can be p***-slow on Windows boxes.  Rather use Opera if you
want a nice fast browser (and don't mind non-freeware.)  Browser
religious wars, here we go :)

-John


---------- Original Message -----------
From: Daniel Lorch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:14:45 +0100
Subject: Re: [swinog] Microsoft Internet Explorer Patch 834489

> hi again
> 
> > 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.
> 
> At my last workplace I suggested to replace all the m$ software
> with Mozilla's suite, that is replace OE with Thunderbird and
> and IE with Firefox (yeah, just got renamed from Firebird):
> 
>    http://www.mozilla.org/
> 
> give it a shot ;) people actually enjoyed using these programs
> and preferred to use them.
> 
> daniel
> 
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