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lynx-dev ftp://user:address@hidden too much unencripted info
From: |
Leonid Pauzner |
Subject: |
lynx-dev ftp://user:address@hidden too much unencripted info |
Date: |
Mon, 8 Nov 1999 18:47:44 +0300 (MSK) |
I happen to visit non-anonymous ftp account with lynx.
When I start with ftp://user:address@hidden
^^^^^^
I see that prefix with username and password unencripted
for all URLs shown from lynx: in Advanced mode statusline
while navigating across directories; in History/VisitedLinks/Info
pages... Although it is documented in "URL Schemes Supported in Lynx"
it would be nice to strip password from that kind of visual output
for privacy conserns.
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The ftp URL:
The ftp URL has the general format:
ftp://username:address@hidden:port/path;type=[D,I, or A]
The default port is :21 and the default username is anonymous. If
username is included but not :password, Lynx will prompt you for the
password. This is recommended, as otherwise the URL will have it
completely unencrypted. Do not include the @ if neither username nor
...
----> From the other hand, if I have *not* added any trailing slash
----> after the host name - it will be added automatically by lynx...
----> It is a pity that lynx ftp output differs in that respect whether I
----> use Squid for ftp_proxy or set no_proxy...
For Unix and Unix-emulation ftp servers, RFC1738 is not respected and
the lead slash is treated as the root, i.e., the /path is handled
equivalently to that in file URLs. The distinction is irrelevant for
anonymous ftp, but matters when using ftp for non-anonymous accounts.
If you are using ftp with a Unix server and do wish to get a listing
of the login directory or have the path string treated as a file or
path under the login directory, include a tilde (~) as for file URLs,
e.g.:
ftp://address@hidden/~
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The telnet, tn3270, and rlogin URLs:
A telnet URL generally results in Lynx spawning a telnet session. Lynx
implements the complete telnet URL scheme, i.e.:
telnet://user:address@hidden:port
...
It is unwise to include the :password field except for URLs which
point to anonymous or other public access accounts, and for most
TCP-IP software you will be prompted for a password whether or not one
was included in the URL.
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- lynx-dev ftp://user:address@hidden too much unencripted info,
Leonid Pauzner <=
- Re: lynx-dev ftp://user:address@hidden too much unencripted info, Klaus Weide, 1999/11/08
- Re: lynx-dev ftp://user:address@hidden too much unencripted info, Klaus Weide, 1999/11/08
- Re: lynx-dev ftp://user:address@hidden too much unencripted info, Leonid Pauzner, 1999/11/08
- patch (was: Re: lynx-dev ftp://user:address@hidden too much unencripted info), Leonid Pauzner, 1999/11/15
- Re: patch (was: Re: lynx-dev ftp://user:address@hidden too much unencripted info), Klaus Weide, 1999/11/17