(keitai-l) Re: defining feature

From: Nick May <nick_at_kyushu.com>
Date: 10/18/00
Message-id: <fc.000f76100004ac23000f76100004abe8.4ac2a@kyushunet.com>
keitai-l@appelsiini.net writes:
>First of all, you're trying to send a cleartext password, which is a bit
>silly. And why does it have to go before the domain name of the site?
>Why not go to the domain and deal with it there.
>For even a modicum of security, binhex it or rot13 it or something and
>pass
>it in like:
>
>https://website.com/[name][passwd]/somepage.html
>
>or something...?
>
>r e n


yes sure - but the fact is that this syntax "standard" for ftp and the
like (as an OPTION) It also works fine though a webbrowser. It should not
generate a DNS error.... One would not use it to hide money, but possibly
to hide email (pop3 is hardly secure, and most people use that) I wasn't
thinking of running it over a secure link BTW.... 

I am curious as to the technical limitations (or deviations) of the docomo
proxy/dns from what is available on the net. I am not sure what the RFCs
say about the url I posted - but it works fine on the 'net...

Does anyone have info on this? Does the docomo proxy just proxy ports 80
and 443 (or whatever https is on). I can't access my webmail (proprietory
server, curses) from imode, which makes me wonder what NONE chtml,
limitations the proxy/dns imposes...

Kludging around it isn't a problem. (Though I am not sure binhexing etc
would provide additional security...)

regards Nick
Received on Wed Oct 18 13:32:06 2000