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Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields

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>We'd lose our security certificate if we allowed pasting. It could leave us  
>open to a "brute force" attack.
It is of course ridiculous to think that brute forcing is done by  
copy-pasting (with JavaScript enabled!) but a legitimate reason to force  
users to retype their password might be so a single typo doesn't become part  
of it. They are much less likely to mistype exactly the same way twice. This  
might be why some sites allow pasting on login but not when entering a new  
password.

I've never actually experienced this; I usually have JavaScript off and use  
select + middle-click (on Linux) instead of ctrl-V

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regards
~tdk
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The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-02 11:53 +0000
  Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-06-02 08:27 -0500
    Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-02 15:32 +0000
      Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-06-02 18:31 +0000
      Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-03 13:15 +1000
        Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-03 10:26 +0000
          Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-03 21:03 +1000
          Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-06-03 20:20 +0000
            Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-04 01:45 +0000
              Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-04 17:16 +1000
                Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-04 09:37 +0000
              Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-06-04 20:15 +0000
        Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-04 11:06 +0100
      Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-05 18:41 +0000
    Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-06-04 07:19 +0200
      Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-04 10:00 +0000
        Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-06-04 07:54 -0700
        Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-06-04 23:49 -0300
          Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-06-05 05:55 -0500
  Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-06-03 07:42 +0000
    Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-06-03 18:39 +0100
    Re: The "Cobra Effect" that is disabling paste on password fields scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-06-04 16:00 +0000

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