Author: José Carlos
Date: 05:18:57 09/01/00
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On August 31, 2000 at 18:08:14, Christophe Theron wrote: >On August 30, 2000 at 12:02:03, Don Prohaska wrote: > >>On August 30, 2000 at 11:52:48, Heiner Marxen wrote: >> >>>On August 29, 2000 at 23:23:28, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>On August 29, 2000 at 23:10:50, Pete Galati wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 29, 2000 at 22:38:07, Tim Mirabile wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Looks like a handful of people are having this problem. What are your web >>>>>>browser versions and operating systems? Maybe you have something in common. >>>>>> >>>>>>It is normal operation for the web server to request your username and password >>>>>>every time you access a page within the protected area. Your browser should ask >>>>>>for the login only once and is then supposed to remember it and supply it every >>>>>>time you click on a link. >>>>> >>>>>Ok, I definitly _don't_ have the problem. So if it'll somehow narrow it down at >>>>>all, I use Netscape v4.7, and I'm one of those bastards with a cable connection. >>>>> So probably all people using the same basic setup are not having the problems. >>>>> >>>>>This may have just been useless info though. >>>>> >>>>>Pete >>>> >>>>I use netscape 4.5 and I have to insert username and password each time I >>> ^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>>restart my computer. But I suppose that if I let things get copied to my hard >>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>>disk, and history files etc. It might stay. >>>>S.Taylor >>> >>>That is the expected behaviour AFAIK. >>>The browser is not expected to copy the authorization data to disk. >>>When the browser is restarted (or even the computer) the data is gone. >>>That is a general security issue. >>> >>>However, there is a way to stuff username and password into the URL, >>>explicitly. I do not exactly remember the details... together with some >>>delimiting special chars they are inserted after the // and before the hostname. >>>You could them bookmark the extended URL, and would not have to type in >>>username and password ever again. >>>Of course, no one else should be able to see this bookmarked URL... >>>for obvious reasons. >>> >>>May be someone can fill in the details. >> >>When I use Netscape, I always have to put in password and user name after I boot >>computer or browser. If I use the Internet Explorer the user name and password >>always shows and I don't have to put it in, whether I reboot or not. > > > >This is an obvious flaw in IE security. I would certainly not trust a browser >with such a behaviour. AFAIK, you must check "Remember passwords" (I don't know the exact message in english, cause I have the browser in spanish) to force that behaviour. José C. > > Christophe > > > > >> I did >>nothing to have this happen. It just does it. Since I mostly use Netscape, I >>wish that would happen too, but I don't know how. Don P >>> >>>Heiner
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