Comments on: Semisecure Login

By: nilleso

nilleso — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:13:11 +0000

First time trying this plugin but it seems to be broken in WP-2.7
Same as previous posts- when enabled getting invalid passwd
Doesn’t seem to be browser dependent, tried on both Opera and Firefox.
Hope this can be fixed JMA – this looks like a valuable plugin. thanks.

By: Victor-Y

Victor-Y — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:15:06 +0000

Adam Lee: Of course we are (at least I am) interested!

By: Adam Lee

Adam Lee — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:10:29 +0000

If anyone’s interested, I’ve fixed this plugin for WordPress 2.5.

2.5 introduced a new hashing scheme and deprecated the hook this plugin was relying on. There’s a new hook (check_password) that can be used for the same purpose. Hashing was trickier, but rather than try to recreate phpass() in Javascript, I used the MD5 Password Hashes plugin for 2.5 to revert to the legacy behavior. My fix is dependent on that plugin. In any case, I think transmitting a password in plain text across a network is a far more serious security risk, so I’m happy to trade down to MD5 in exchange for fixing that.

My fix restores the plugin’s functionality for 2.5, including the very nice behavior of graceful degradation in the absence of client-side Javascript. Anyone interested?

By: vbarbero

vbarbero — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:49:22 +0000

I also have to login twice, as Viper007Bond and eb001 do. I use WordPress 2.3.3 and Firefox. Any ideas to solve this? Thanks for such a useful plugin.

By: sibest

sibest — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:55:42 +0000

I have the same problem running Safari 3.1.1 and wordpress 2.5

By: louis_nichols

louis_nichols — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:08:22 +0000

Hi!

I am having the exact same problem as the previous poster. I cannot log in using Firefox 2.0.0.14. Luckily, IE indeed works, so I was able to use it to deactivate the plugin.

By: fini

fini — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:37:18 +0000

Having a strange problem where, when using Firefox 3 beta 5, when I try to login to my blog it tells me the password is incorrect. It doesn’t show any error message, except for saying ‘incorrect password’. I can still log in via internet explorer, but just not with firefox. I’m using wordpress 2.5 on my blog. It doesn’t happen when I login here to post a comment (looks like you’re running 2.3.1) so seems to be a problem with firefox and 2.5…

By: Viper007Bond

Viper007Bond — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:56:01 +0000

Do you plan on updating this plugin for 2.5 or should I branch?

By: Viper007Bond

Viper007Bond — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:38:38 +0000

I too have to login twice when I first view my login form (no session maybe?) and the “remember me” also doesn’t work. I’m using Firefox 2.0.0.12.

The double login even happens here on this blog.

The no remember me is due to the plugin’s usage of wp_setcookie() without the remember me tag in place I think.

By: eb001

eb001 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:36:56 +0000

I am also using the wp-password plugin, do you think there is a conflict?
It happens with every browser I’ve tried (IE7, Firefox, Opera).