Re: [rtcweb] URI schemes for TURN and STUN

[Harald Alvestrand <[e-mail]>]

On 11/05/2011 10:24 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> * Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>> I like parameters, like this:
>>
>> turn://user@host?proto=tcp
>>
>> Quite hard to misunderstand, and quite easy to extend.
>>
>> (Note: // is only allowed if what follows is [user[:pass]@]host - I
>> don't recommend using the password, for the obvious reasons, but the
>> syntax will allow it.)
> As far as the requirements for URI schemes go, no, it is not necessary
> to allow a user name or password. The 'http' scheme for instance prohi-
> bits both, and the 'pop' scheme allows a user name but no password.
Good riddance!

I see that http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-3.2.1 still 
defines it as part of the generic syntax, but as "deprecated".

It used to be a regularly used feature of HTTP, too, but that was long 
ago....