Re^3: Login and htaccess

It's use for protection against spoofing. People would email URLs such as
http://www.ebay.com@3478348818/verify.cgi?id=827439327432
in phishing emails. It looks like some URL at www.ebay.com, but it really contacted 209.197.123.153*. These URLs could fool even the trained eye, if it wasn't too careful.

It seems they also prevent http://3478348818/ and other uncommon forms from working now.

* – Keep in mind that 3478348818 == ((209*255+197)*255+123)*255+153.

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Re^4: Login and htaccess by monarch (Priest) on Apr 26, 2006 at 23:48 UTC
So why couldn't Microsoft fix the display issue in IE rather than disable the entire point of the URL (passing usernames and passwords to that URL)??? This was a horrific misuse of monopolistic power in the marketplace by Microsoft and inflamed me when I discovered this (as I had been relying on it). Honestly, you'd have to have no respect for the technological world or any respect for human beings in general to work for Microsoft.	[reply]
Re^5: Login and htaccess by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 27, 2006 at 00:32 UTC
What display issue? What I posted was a valid URL. The bug is in the design of URLs.	[reply]