This one seems offline, but a typical example:
ftp://asapdata.arc.nasa.gov/incoming/BOB/HyspIRI/data-bob/00_README.MASTERweb_updating.txt
3. Login to MASTER database:
http://asterdb.jpl.nasa.gov/log/dbstart.asp
a. User: eric; Password: Upd8t3rBased on the url (test.html), I would imagine this was just someone's quick one-off attempt to see if something worked that ended up getting left behind.
Edit: Looks like this was already answered downthread in the time that I took reading the comments. Whoops.
Updated: to reflect eli's help on origin of command style. Btw, why did someone down-vote me on this?
[1]: That is before realizing that it's nasa.gov