Re: Semicolon not allowed in userinfo

[Tim Rühsen]

Hi Bachir,

wget2 "a;bc@xyz"
wget2: Failed to resolve 'xyz' (Name or service not known)

Is there a real-life problem that requires wget 1.x to accept a 
semicolon in the userinfo field?

Regards, Tim

On 5/14/24 12:42, Bachir Bendrissou wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The URL example below contains a semicolon in the userinfo segment.
>
> In the example, wget does not recognise the userinfo segment, and
> instead treats it as part of the hostname. When the semicolon is
> removed, the userinfo is recognised and is no longer processed as
> hostname. The rejection of semicolons in userinfo creates a parsing
> discrepancy with other URL parsers.
>
> curl "a;bc@xyz"
> curl: (6) Could not resolve host: xyz
>
> wget "a;bc@xyz"
> wget: unable to resolve host address ‘a;bc@xyz’
>
> wget "abc@xyz"
> wget: unable to resolve host address ‘xyz’
>
> You can replicate the above cases after disconnecting from your DNS.
>
> Thank you,
> Bachir

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