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Webmail logon problem - Username and password not cleared upon logging off
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Webmail logon problem - Username and password not cleared upon logging off
29-08-2018 4:09 PM
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Upon logging off from PlusNet webmail (under Internet Explorer), when the Webmail sign-on screen was redisplayed, the username and password fields were not blanked out. I was able to sign on again by simply pressing Enter! Repeatedly so. This strikes me as a serious security failure.
To see if the same problem existed on Edge, I opened PN Webmail in a new tab on Edge (Edge was already open), and up came the Webmail sign-on screen with the username and password already filled in!
Clearing cookies (on IE alone) cured the problem across both browsers, and subsequent log-offs and log-ons did not reproduce the fault. This may have been a transient problem, perhaps a corruption somewhere, but it should be looked into. There should not be any scenario where the redisplayed sign-on screen is presented without first blanking out the two fields, except when the reason for redisplay is an invalid username/password having been entered, when the username is left displayed and the password blanked out.
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30-08-2018 6:28 PM
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Re: Webmail logon problem - Username and password not cleared upon logging off
31-08-2018 10:17 PM
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This has the characteristics of the browser being configured to remember the account credentials for the website.
In another browser tab, login into the Plusnet user portal BEFORE clicking the fault & ticket links
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03-09-2018 11:00 PM
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Nope - that's something I never do. Nor do I ever say yes when browsers ask me if I want them to remember my username or password. I wish they wouldn't keep bloody asking. Perhaps there's an option to suppress it.
After clearing cookies, the problem did not recur. I did many tests, and it never was seen again. I made no changes to the configuration of either browser.
Another mystery that I have no time to investigate further...Thanks for your interest.
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