Parse = Paste
On Nov 12, 2012 5:12 PM, "noonie" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Not being able to parse at all would be preferable :-P
>
> --
> Regards,
> noonie
>  On Nov 12, 2012 11:27 AM, "mike smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'd suspect that their fix would be to prevent it working even with
>> ctrl-v
>>
>> Having a password in the clipboard is not that secure.  There are a few
>> clipboard stack / savers that cache this to disk.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:55 PM, noonie <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't downloaded Windows 8 yet and can't check this on IE 10. If
>>> anyone has IE 10 and can check if it also has this problem I might be able
>>> to file a bug report on the IE 10 feedback site and include the information
>>> that it applies to IE 8 & 9 too.
>>>
>>> I suspect that this is actually a Windows 7 issue, underneath, and may
>>> not surface on Windows 8 at all.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> noonie
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9 November 2012 10:43, noonie <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Wallace,
>>>>
>>>> I don't think it's a feature as the user would be prevented from
>>>> pasting in the first place. Here the user is only allowed to paste
>>>> successfully when they make the correct magic incantation!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> noonie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9 November 2012 10:19, Wallace Turner <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Without knowing anything about it, I suspect that is rated as a
>>>>> 'feature' and not a fault...
>>>>>
>>>>> similar thing occurs for remote desktop whereby you cant cut/paste the
>>>>> password in (this is bypassed by using mRemote)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/11/2012 5:29 AM, noonie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've come across an annoying bug that appears to be in Internet
>>>>>> Explorer 8 & 9 on Windows 7. If a user accesses a web site that uses 
>>>>>> basic
>>>>>> auth and they copy their login and or password into the Windows Security
>>>>>> dialog, then paste the value using their right mouse button, the
>>>>>> authentication fails.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Checking the headers reveals that, depending on what was pasted
>>>>>> (either login or password), the basic auth header is either missing,
>>>>>> incomplete or corrupted. Interestingly if Ctl-V is used for the paste 
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> everything's fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can find very little information about this online. Although there
>>>>>> is a discussion at http://social.technet.**
>>>>>> microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/**w7itprosecurity/thread/**
>>>>>> 80f59d82-84ca-4d87-93d4-**dacc61f46a3f/<http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprosecurity/thread/80f59d82-84ca-4d87-93d4-dacc61f46a3f/>there's
>>>>>>  no indication that this has been acknowledged as a bug by Microsoft
>>>>>> or that they're doing anything about it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anyone stumbled across this or knows more from a Microsoft
>>>>>> perspective?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've also had a report from one user that this is also a problem when
>>>>>> using Windows Explorer to access a protected share but I've yet to 
>>>>>> confirm
>>>>>> this for myself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> noonie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S. As to why would a user would copy and past their password...
>>>>>> probably because we force them to use complex un-rememberable passwords 
>>>>>> :-(
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Meski
>>
>>    http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv
>>
>> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure,
>> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
>>
>>

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