http://www.metafilter.com/tags/username Posts tagged with 'username' at MetaFilter. Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:55:16 -0800 Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:55:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/31136/Microsoft%2Dupdate%2Ddisables%2Duserpassword%2Din%2DURLs With its latest security update Microsoft has disabled the ability to pass <tt>username:password</tt> pairs in URLs. If you usually use this format for connecting to your site via either FTP or HTTP, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-004.asp">it will no longer work after you install this update</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31136 Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:55:16 -0800 FTP HTTP IE internetsecurity microsoft mswindows password security URLs username windows windowsupdate johnnydark