Comment on URLs are the uniform way to locate resourcesparentComments−jacquesm16y[1] experts-exchange is abusing the urls, the fact that they are not 'rest-ful' does not detract from the URL scheme but from experts-exchange.[2] Mailto is a URI, not a URL. 1738 has long been superseded. http://shadow2531.com/opera/testcases/mailto/modern_mailto_u...So, that leaves '3', which is not exactly secure and most applications that can use it will also happily ask for a password from the user in interactive mode when it isn't supplied.
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[1] experts-exchange is abusing the urls, the fact that they are not 'rest-ful' does not detract from the URL scheme but from experts-exchange.
[2] Mailto is a URI, not a URL. 1738 has long been superseded. http://shadow2531.com/opera/testcases/mailto/modern_mailto_u...
So, that leaves '3', which is not exactly secure and most applications that can use it will also happily ask for a password from the user in interactive mode when it isn't supplied.