* This is the modus mailing list * 1) In a standard html or asp page, if the password field is preloaded with the password either programmatically or in the html source, asterisks will be shown and the password _WILL_ be displayed in plain-text in the html source.
2) In ASP.Net, a password field (run as a control) will be blank even if there is an attempt to preload it with the password either programmatically or in the html source. Perhaps the "your settings have been changed successfully" should be more prominently displayed (at least on the password page) - Del > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Salama hussein > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 9:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Modus] blank password field in Webadmin > > * This is the modus mailing list * > > > The issuse is not about encryption. The problem is that the password > fields > are *showing* blanks even though there's a password in the mail server and > some users think that it is blank in the mail server and they go and keep > typing new passwords and then reporting this issue to us and asking us why > the password is blank and we have to explain that it is showing blank but > there's actually a password. > > I don't know if the html has the password. Does it? > > Salama > > > > >From: "Suneel Jhangiani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [Modus] blank password field in Webadmin > >Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:57:22 -0000 > > > >I might be mistaken here, but I believe that displaying '*' will still > >put the password in text within the HTML code. The only way to prevent > >this would be to ensure the server has an encryption / decryption > >routine and add an additional hidden field to the output keeping track > >of whether or not the password is encrypted or not. > > > > > > > > > > > >Regards, > > > >Suneel Jhangiani > > > >Inter-Computer Technology Ltd. > > > > > > > > > >Modus3 Bug Hunt Winner > > > > > >At least Congress doesn't make death worse every year. > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Salama hussein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 17 November 2003 05:51 > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [Modus] blank password field in Webadmin > > > > > > > >* This is the modus mailing list * > > > > > > > > > > > >When you enter a password in Webadmin and then save, the password fields > >go > > > >blank. > > > >This is confusing some users as they think they lost the password. > > > > > > > >I think the Java admin applet did the same thing in Vopmail. > > > >What's the logic behind this.. why doesn't the password show some > >asterisks? > > > > > > > >Salama > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > > >Send a QuickGreet with MSN Messenger > > > >http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/cdp_games > > > > > > > > > > > >** > > > >To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Shopping upgraded for the holidays! Snappier product search... > http://shopping.msn.com > > > ** > To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line. ** To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line.
