Re: Web authentication

From: John J. Lee (jjl_at_pobox.com)
Date: 12/05/03 

Date: 05 Dec 2003 16:50:43 +0000

Alan Kennedy <alanmk@hotmail.com> writes:

> [John J. Lee]
> > Doesn't/shouldn't http://user:passwd@example.com/blah.html work?
> >
> > I don't know where that syntax is specified (if anywhere)
>
> RFC 2396: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax
>
> Section: 3.2.2. Server-based Naming Authority
>
> Quoting from that section
>
> """
> URL schemes that involve the direct use of an IP-based protocol to
> a
> specified server on the Internet use a common syntax for the server
> component of the URI's scheme-specific data:
>
> <userinfo>@<host>:<port>
[...]

Oops, how did I miss that?

Thanks

John