Resolved What in the world is the SRP: prefix?

Greetings;

I've read that the 'srp:' prefix is related to encryption in some way, such as HTTPS Firefox has no idea what to do with this link at all.

This link was given to me to install print drivers on my system, but the link does nothing. How do I teach Firefox what "SRP" is, and how to deal with the link?

Thanks in advance!

 

Hi batsona, I found this in Wikipedia. Secure Remote Password Protocol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Remote_Password_protocol

Have a look and see if it explains what you need to know. Neil.

 

Thanks -- I've done all the reading I can do -- I know what the protocol is & what it does, but FireFox still says, "What you talkin' about Willis??!??" When I click on it. The part where you actually implement it in the browser is what I'm after. That's the part where I fond that SRP is not implemented in any major browser, and involves someone with developer-level skills to even get it to work (beyond the reach of common-folk)

 

Can you post the URL to the website that is trying to use a link beginning with "srp: "?

 

Luckily it's meaningless outside my workplace.. There's a website full of these links, and when we click on them, "something's supposed to happen ", to install / map my laptop to a printer, but doesn't.

You don't need to tell me to contact my helpdesk, because I've already done that. I don't neccessarily care about printing to the printer - but for the purposes of this thread, I just need to know how to make my browser work with the link, then the printer thing will probably solve itself...

The link looks something like: SRP:EOWUUY-b15PRINTER

That's it -- no slashes at all...

 

WOT shows RED circle as indicating this might be a very dubious link!
Are you sure you posted it correctly? Neil.

 

Since the IT guys at your workplace have apparently defined what your Company's internal "SRP:" link should do, you really need to contact them.

All anyone else will be able to do is guess.

 

I'm trying to get a 'second opinion' actually. Let's break this up into two items: a.)What the browser does / how the browser executes the link, mechanically, technically, and b.)What the link actually accomplishes, once it's in the process of being executed.

Can we work on item 'a'? We'll never get to 'b', unless we solve 'a' first.

 

"Let's "? No thanks.

 

Quote: [The link looks something like: SRP:EOWUUY-b15PRINTER]

This link is unknown/not recognized in IE or FF. As I asked before, is it correct?

What are you trying to do? ePrint? install drivers? procure drivers?
Can you give us a screen shot?

 

The links on the webpage I'm talking about are supposed to 'do something' that installs a print driver & maps you to the Print Queue Server. I can't seem to upload bitmaps here, but here's an actual link: srp:b13-rn215-b363

No slashes, and the SRP is actually srp, lower-case. I took the link, and made it srp://b13-rn215-b363, and FF still complains the same as with the "srp:" link.

I agree, the link seems invalid, but rumor has it, that other machines at my workplace can execute this link just fine. These magic machines are supplied as a turn-key solution HW, SW in one supported package, and the people who image these machines (I thought), may have included some sort of plug in, in IE and FF, that makes srp: work somehow.

From what I've read, SRP is bleeding-edge anyway, so apparently no one in this forum has experience using SRP links? This is quite fine -- if it's bleeding edge, it's just that one one's done this before.. All I was doing here, was looking for someone who maybe had this experience, and could tell me how to make FF use the SRP link. Thanks to everyone so far!