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#27656 Having password sent in email

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Latest post by on Thursday, 01 June 2017 17:17 CDT

mbennett417
 I've been using Admin Tools for over a year and can't find the option that might control this. I have 2FA with Google Authentication installed and working fine. But in the event I fat-finger the Google code, I will shortly receive an email telling me of the failed login attempt, along with my login and password in the clear.

That happened to me yesterday. How do I turn that off? First, I never should receive a password by email, but simply a single failure might be a little too sensitive to warrant an email.

I would most of all like to disable having my valid password emailed to me.

Thanks, Mark

dlb
Mark,

We can fix that! In Configure WAF, on the Logging and Reporting tab, set "Include password in failed login email" to No.

In the olden days, before 2FA, we were transmitting a bad password via email. 2FA has made this feature a little more dangerous.


Dale L. Brackin
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mbennett417
Great, I thought it might be an option but couldn't put my finger on the right place.

Thank you very much.

dlb
You're welcome!


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Support Specialist


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