gavin
05-06-2010, 01:17 PM
Hi Folks
You might like to take special care logging in. Some occasions when you make a mistake logging in you don't get the usual five attempts before it locks you out of the system for 15 mins.
For the technically minded:
- at the recent server trouble our web hosts seem to have started using a proxy server which means that instead of each of us having individual IP addresses recorded the software now sees only one for everyone logging in.
- the 'lock-out' system applies to IP addresses
- this now seems to mean that any recent log-in failure (from friend or interent foe) starts the '5 in 15 min' totting up procedure and so - on occasion - you may get only *one* attempt at logging in before it locks you out. At other times you may get the full 5 attempts.
Does this accord with others' experiences?
Not sure how to fix this, but I'll try. I don't want to switch this protection off as we need it to keep out automated hacking devices.
G.
You might like to take special care logging in. Some occasions when you make a mistake logging in you don't get the usual five attempts before it locks you out of the system for 15 mins.
For the technically minded:
- at the recent server trouble our web hosts seem to have started using a proxy server which means that instead of each of us having individual IP addresses recorded the software now sees only one for everyone logging in.
- the 'lock-out' system applies to IP addresses
- this now seems to mean that any recent log-in failure (from friend or interent foe) starts the '5 in 15 min' totting up procedure and so - on occasion - you may get only *one* attempt at logging in before it locks you out. At other times you may get the full 5 attempts.
Does this accord with others' experiences?
Not sure how to fix this, but I'll try. I don't want to switch this protection off as we need it to keep out automated hacking devices.
G.