Re: possible to oscillate between a [redirect] and [authenticate] every other login attempt?

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 33612
interpreted = N
texte = You can have a counter,[showif [counter]^counter] [text]counter=0[/text] [/showif]and on each attempt, increment the counter and pass with your form action or URL as a variable.each time the user comes back;[showif [counter]>3] -- whatever the number you want use as limitation [redirect .....] [/showif]hope this worksanup----- Original Message ----- From: John Butler To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 2:53 PM Subject: possible to oscillate between a [redirect] and [authenticate] every other login attempt? > I want it so that if an admin type tries logging in with a bad password, then he is > redirected to another (help) page... where he has the option (among others) to click a > link to go back to the original login page and try again. So the protection code at > the top of that original login page must not redirect if he is trying again. This I > can do with the below code, but what I haven't figured out is how to cause the redirect > to kick back in and send him back to the help page after [x] more of his bad attempts > to get the password right. Maybe this is impossible. Any ideas? > > (as the below code is now, once he uses the link to go back and try again ...a > href=login.tmpl?retry=yes... he gets stuck on the [authenticate]. He can use the > back button, but can I automate it?) > ________ > > [showif [url][password][/url]![url][Decrypt seed=thetree][lookup > db=wzdb/some.db&lookinField=Handle&value=[URL][username][/URL][!] > [/!]&returnField=Pass¬Found=NotFoundAmigo][/Decrypt][/url]] > > [hideif [URL][retry][/URL]=yes] > [REDIRECT PassHelp.tmpl?no_cache=[date %Y%m%d%m%S]] > [/hideif] > > [authenticate (Use back button for help)] > > [/showif] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: possible to oscillate between a [redirect] and [authenticate] every other login attempt? (John Butler 2000)
  2. Re: possible to oscillate between a [redirect] and [authenticate] every other login attempt? (Anup Setty 2000)
  3. possible to oscillate between a [redirect] and [authenticate] every other login attempt? (John Butler 2000)
You can have a counter,[showif [counter]^counter] [text]counter=0[/text] [/showif]and on each attempt, increment the counter and pass with your form action or URL as a variable.each time the user comes back;[showif [counter]>3] -- whatever the number you want use as limitation [redirect .....] [/showif]hope this worksanup----- Original Message ----- From: John Butler To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 2:53 PM Subject: possible to oscillate between a [redirect] and [authenticate] every other login attempt? > I want it so that if an admin type tries logging in with a bad password, then he is > redirected to another (help) page... where he has the option (among others) to click a > link to go back to the original login page and try again. So the protection code at > the top of that original login page must not redirect if he is trying again. This I > can do with the below code, but what I haven't figured out is how to cause the redirect > to kick back in and send him back to the help page after [x] more of his bad attempts > to get the password right. Maybe this is impossible. Any ideas? > > (as the below code is now, once he uses the link to go back and try again ...a > href=login.tmpl?retry=yes... he gets stuck on the [authenticate]. He can use the > back button, but can I automate it?) > ________ > > [showif [url][password][/url]![url][Decrypt seed=thetree][lookup > db=wzdb/some.db&lookinField=Handle&value=[url][username][/URL][!] > [/!]&returnField=Pass¬Found=NotFoundAmigo][/Decrypt][/url]] > > [hideif [url][retry][/URL]=yes] > [REDIRECT PassHelp.tmpl?no_cache=[date %Y%m%d%m%S]] > [/hideif] > > [authenticate (Use back button for help)] > > [/showif] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Anup Setty

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