wow!  you are right. I tried it by copying the url shutting down all
browsers opening the back up and I was able to login.
I though I read somewhere that this was fixed... I guess not.

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Michael Davidovich
http://kantora.com
619.813.5792
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael E.
Middleton
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:07 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [IMail Forum] security question


A customer writes:

> I dont know if its a big deal, well.. It is actually. heres the deal. If
> you're in the web interface doing something, let say messing
> with your filters, the url can possibly be hacked. I copied
> the url and pasted it into a different browser (like IE as
> opposed to Netscape) and it let me in to the modify
> screen. I thought it was odd that it didnt prompt me to log in
> but just took the url. so I tried the same url on a
> different computer all together. It worked again. I dont know the
> caliber of your other clients, but anyone using this system
> on a public terminal can easily have their mailbox
> comprimised just by looking at the history.

Comments?

Mike



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