Feature #17021
closed
Add autocomplete="off" to BE login
Added by Patrick Gaumond almost 18 years ago.
Updated about 11 years ago.
Description
As a security feature we could add autocomplete="off" to the password field or even the whole login page (and Install Tool).
Most browsers support this:
<INPUT TYPE = "password" NAME = "thePassword" AUTOCOMPLETE = "off">
or
<FORM AUTOCOMPLETE = "off">...</FORM>
You should be aware that this tag is not an official W3C one but still, supported by all major browsers.
(issue imported from #M5046)
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+1 for doing this on form fields with sensitive data
AFAIK the password-fields are not used for auto-completion, or am I wrong? But this would surely be useful for fields with e.g. e-mail-addresses or login-names.
I attached a patch allowing to configure IPs for which autocomplete is disabled to bug 6506.
But only for the username field - the password field will not get autocompleted anyways (browse security)
So you could add:
192.168.*,127.*
which would disable autocomplete for all local IPs
The option in the install tool is called "autocompleteOffIPs"
Added a new patch.
The problem with "autocomplete=off" is W3C validity. The tag is not official, so it renders the complete login page not valid any more (1 error).
The attached patch solves this problem by setting the attribute via JavaScript using the startUp() method already existing.
- Status changed from Accepted to Closed
This isssue is solved by UI improvements in modern browsers "remember password" feature.
No need for changes.
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