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Support => General Support => Topic started by: sjarman on Saturday 15 November 2008, 01:20:31 am



Title: Proxy password issue / bug ?
Post by: sjarman on Saturday 15 November 2008, 01:20:31 am
Hi, new user here.  Great package.

Issue as follows :

Am using community edition, local http proxy authentication, to police web access.  Works great thanks :)

However, I observe that some passwords are checked in a weak fashion.

We have min pwd length 6.

The example where this was spotted first is as follows :

Username :-         User13

Password :-          unlucky-digit


This user reported that using the password unlucky-number also granted access through the proxy.

versions involved - this was identified on 2.2rc2, I have since done a backup and restored on to 2.2rc3 and the issue persists.


My investigation has found that anything beyond the dash (-) is ignored, e.g the above user can get on with "unlucky-fruitcake" or even just plain "unlucky-"


I'm not sure if this is a but or just a documentation issue, but I could not find it anywhere in the help or on here.

Any thoughts ?