Hi John Registry-Fix can be downloaded at http://www.mhs.ch/mhsservices/patch.shtml
Matthias ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Morgan Salomon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [swinog] Microsoft Internet Explorer Patch 834489 > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/ > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > ---------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/ > ---------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/
