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RE: Format for Including a Username/Password in a URL
Subject:RE: Format for Including a Username/Password in a URL From:bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 15 May 2002 15:46:18 -0500
Thanks for the concern, but this was actually for use on an intranet site where anybody with access to the page I'm putting the link on also has access to other pages that tell what the username and password are. The password is not really used to control access but as a workaround to the way the system was set up.
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From: Goober [mailto:techcommgoober -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:28 PM
To: Westbrook, Bryan; TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Format for Including a Username/Password in a URL
Though time-saving, it's not a very secure means of
Internet communication. When you send such a request,
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