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Odd Behavior in IE5
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Odd Behavior in IE5

  • To: NTBUGTRAQLISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
  • Subject: Odd Behavior in IE5
  • From: Mark <markNTSHOP.NET>
  • Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 12:14:51 -0600
  • Approved-By: Russ.CooperRC.ON.CA
  • Importance: Normal
  • Reply-To: Mark <markNTSHOP.NET>
  • Sender: Windows NT BugTraq Mailing List <NTBUGTRAQLISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM>
Has anyone noticed this?

After you visit an FTP site, IE5 places that URL in the TypedURLs list (just
like it does with Web site addresses,) as seen in the drop down "Address"
list at the top of the screen in IE5 (TypedURLs is the registry key under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER where these entries are stored.) Then if you open a new
instance of IE5 and click on the "Address" drop down list, there is a slight
delay before the list is actually displayed -- and if you watch the network,
there is activity on the network while this delay is taking place.

After putting a sniffer to work to catch this network activity, it appears
that IE5 will actually make a connection to every FTP site listed in the
Address drop down list *before* displaying the Address list -- this is what
causes the delay in displaying the list of TypedURLs in the Address drop
down list.

I haven't the foggiest idea why this needs to occur -- it makes no sense to
me, and certainly places a burden on a given FTP server as well as putting
unnecessary traffic on intranets and the internet -- not to mention any
security logs that track these connections -- plus it causes a significant
delay in displaying the Address list, especially if a FTP site is not
answering...

I wish I'd stuck with IE 4.x - doh.

Mark