Here;s the message I received:
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Greetings and welcome to the bugtracker. Here is the information you need
to login
You can login to the site here: http://localhost/bugs/
Username: jmnewcomer
Password: (omitted)
After logging into the site please change your password. Also note that
your password is stored via one way encryption. The staff cannot retrieve
your password. If you forget your password it will have to be reset.
Do not reply to this message.
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As you can see, I was able to create an account; I just can't log in.
(Unless it uses JavaVirus, ActiveVirus, or VBVirus, which require a certain
insanity to allow to execute; but since only sociopathic sites use invasive
scripting technologies, I trust this one is not doing anything like that.
Only Java applets are reasonably safe; the other technologies are geek toys
designed for end users who don't care about network security). Note that it
really did ask me to use a localhost account...
I don't think this is an IE bug, since I can use IE to log into lots of
other sites. Mostly, when I have login problems with sites, it is because
they are trying to execute scripts on my machine. Since I teach courses in
network security, I give lab exercises to my students (e.g., a roomful of
DoD security experts) to compromise security systems, which involve ActiveX,
JavaScript, and VBScript (which is what Microsoft calls them). Only a fool
would let these execute.
joe
----- Original Message -----
From: David A. Desrosiers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Plucker Development List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 3:24 AM
Subject: Re: Plucker Bug Tracking System
>
> > "Live" has an entirely new meaning here. I went to the site you linked
> > me to, applied for a userid and password, and got a message telling me
> > log in on http://localhost/bugs (which is odd because I don't have a Web
> > server on localhost).
>
> Sounds like an IE problem. The server and the bug tracker are
> working fine, and there's no definition to localhost anywhere on that
> machine or any of the webpages served from it.
>
> > But I figured this is Yet Another Bug, went back to the site via your
> > link, logged in, and all I get is a notice that I'm logged out. Weird.
>
> You're probably right, and you might want to report it to Microsoft,
> so they can fix it in their newest upcoming releases of Internet Explorer.
>
> I notice you have an account in the system now, so you must have
> found a way in. I'd be interested to know what caused the error, and how
you
> managed to get in so I can try to replicate it.
>
> I notice you're using IE5.0 on Windows98, you might want to upgrade
> to IE5.5 to remain current, or try the new IE6 beta stuff available from
the
> Windows Update site.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> /d
>
>
>
