[ACCUMULO-4688] Consider adding autocomplete=false to the shell servlet's password input element

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: monitor
• Assignee: Josh Elser
• Reporter: Josh Elser
• Created: 28/Jul/17 19:39
• Updated: 03/Aug/17 17:22
• Resolved: 03/Aug/17 17:22

Description

Had a report from a user which identified an 'issue" in the ShellServlet around the password input element.

There is an attribute autocomplete which can be set to false on the input element that will instruct browsers to not try to save the password in some store. In theory, this marginally improves security as the password would not be stored on the local machine in (potentially) some way that could be accessed by an adversary.

I'm on the fence about the value of making this change (if the browser doesn't do this automatically, users would probably do this on their own in a way that is less secure than how the browser could). Thoughts from everyone else?

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #287