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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.