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Re: ftp upload

To: javascript@obscure.org
Subject: Re: ftp upload
From: Martin Senger <M.Senger@dkfz-heidelberg.de>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:18:27 +0100 (MET)
In-reply-to: <199602091625.IAA08416@ix6.ix.netcom.com> from "Gordon McComb" at Feb 9, 96 08:25:09 am
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Sender: owner-javascript@obscure.org

> >Yes but..
> >I have an ftp-account with a user ID and password. As far as I know 
> >there are no way to pass this information on to the ftp server?
> 
> No, Netscape works like a charm for this.  You need to log on with your user
> name and password, using
> the standard syntax:
> 
> ftp://username:password@domain.com
> 
> -- Gordon
> 
Yes, but my advise is: Do not use it!
Your password is stored in uncrypted form in history.db file.
I know, this file is protected by file access mechanism but anyway...
it is there uncrypted...

Martin



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