Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly

From	NY <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups	uk.telecom.broadband
Subject	Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly
Date	2026-09-23 20:27 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 03/09/2026 14:01, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> On 2026/9/3 12:27:19, Theo wrote:
>> NY <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>> I've just checked the behaviour in Google Chrome and MS Edge, and it's
>>> the same, so it's not a Firefox problem: password is saved correctly but
>>> only echoes one character (again, the last one) in the Password field.
> 
> When you say only echoes one character, do you mean the router only
> echoes one character, but the actual password was entered (i. e. gave
> you access)? This _could_ be a security feature. Turnpike used to always
> show 5 (IIRR) asterisks for a password, regardless of the actual length
> thereof; their argument, which made sense to me, was that showing the
> actual number of asterisks was an aid to the potential cracker, as it
> indicated how many characters _were_ in the password. I've been
> surprised how few (possibly no) other situations have implemented this
> concealment.
It echoes only the last character, and it seems that this is all that 
has been entered because it doesn't give me access.

 From other comments, it sounds as if this is a bug with Zyxel routers. 
I've got used to right-clicking on the password field, selecting "Manage 
Passwords", seeing the saved password entry for the router's IP address 
and copying the saved password, then go back to logon screen and Ctrl-V 
to paste in the password, and press Login. Takes longer to type than to 
do it. (These instructions are for Firefox.)

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Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly "NY" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-09-03 10:10 +0100
  Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-09-03 10:58 +0100
    Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-09-03 11:24 +0100
    Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-09-03 11:35 +0100
      Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-09-03 11:57 +0100
      Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-09-03 12:27 +0100
        Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-03 14:01 +0100
          Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-09-23 20:27 +0100
  Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-09-03 14:15 +0100

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