Re: lynx-dev User Agent

[Klaus Weide]

On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Larry W. Virden wrote:

> From: David Woolley <address@hidden>
> > ** I think that there is a gray area as to whether the existence of
> > a web site represents an invitation to browse, but that can be negated
> > by a notice on the site stating the true position.
> 
> I assume you are referring to web sites without security in place - so called
> "open sites".  I would hope there would be nothing grey about there not
> being any invitation to browse a site which requires a login and password
> for example...

In general, requiring a 'login and password' has very little to do with
security, at least in the case of many web sites where you have to (or
can) 'login'.  If the way to obtain that 'login and password' is insecure
and there is nothing secure that binds the login to any real entity ("just
fill out this form"), there isn't any 'security'.  It has more to do with
user profiles.

    Klaus