Autocomplete -- saving passwords

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I have the prompt to save passwords option set under autocomplete. How do I
tell IE to remember a password on a site that I have previously told it not
to remember (I am no longer prompted about remembering passwords on the
site)? Thanks.
 
IENovice said:
I have the prompt to save passwords option set under autocomplete. How
do I
tell IE to remember a password on a site that I have previously told
it not
to remember (I am no longer prompted about remembering passwords on
the
site)? Thanks.
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The history of your responses is kept in a local cache file which you
don't get to edit. You will have to purge ALL stored credentials so you
can answer Yes when you get to the site for which you want to cache
those credentials (because now that domain is no longer in history to
see that you said No before). Yeah, sucks.

Well, there is no handy edit function that will let you select which
cached login credentials to remove regarding your history. However,
autocomplete is based on forms, not on just the login credentials; i.e.,
the cached credentials have relevance within the form in which there
were used and which got recorded by autocomplete. Go read
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=348 on a
workaround (Google works and the above article was found using
http://www.google.com/search?q=+autocomplete++"internet+explorer"+%2Buser+names+%2Bpasswords+edit+remove).
 
Thanks -- this was very helpful!

Vanguard said:
The history of your responses is kept in a local cache file which you
don't get to edit. You will have to purge ALL stored credentials so you
can answer Yes when you get to the site for which you want to cache
those credentials (because now that domain is no longer in history to
see that you said No before). Yeah, sucks.

Well, there is no handy edit function that will let you select which
cached login credentials to remove regarding your history. However,
autocomplete is based on forms, not on just the login credentials; i.e.,
the cached credentials have relevance within the form in which there
were used and which got recorded by autocomplete. Go read
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=348 on a
workaround (Google works and the above article was found using
http://www.google.com/search?q=+autocomplete++"internet+explorer"+%2Buser+names+%2Bpasswords+edit+remove).
Click to expand...
 
I have the prompt to save passwords option set under autocomplete. How do I
tell IE to remember a password on a site that I have previously told it not
to remember (I am no longer prompted about remembering passwords on the
site)? Thanks.
Click to expand...

I stopped saving them since they r protected via Cryptographic hash
functions, the two most-commonly used hash functions are MD5 and
SHA-1. In 2005, security flaws were identified in both algorithms. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function .

Also see brute force crack times:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength

'The one-time-pad is the only cryptosystem proven secure. Though most
experts have confidence in standard cryptosystems for practical
purposes, one cannot be certain that a future cryptanalytic
breakthrough, or a breakthrough in computer hardware such as quantum
computing, will not render them breakable' @
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad#Example

Just my 2¢ worth. Larry
 
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