Standards?
Feb. 4th, 2004 09:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleetfootmikeWe're Microsoft. We don't have to obey fucking STANDARDS.
In which Microsoft unilaterally remove support for
(Yes, there's a registry hack to get round it. And yes, I know *why* they're doing it. )
In which Microsoft unilaterally remove support for
<protocol>://<user>:<password>@<site>/URLs from IE with the latest security patch. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q834489 and weep.
(Yes, there's a registry hack to get round it. And yes, I know *why* they're doing it. )
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Date: 2004-02-04 01:30 am (UTC)Looks like they're only removing support for http: and https:, not, for example, ftp:. (Then again, when was the last time you used M$IE for ftp: access?)
Nonetheless, if they had created a product that had more security than cheesecloth to begin with, this would probably not be necessary.
Pfui.