Since 2017, LuxSci has supported application-specific passwords. These enable users to create distinct username/password combinations for use with different applications, devices, or for shared account access. These login aliases can have limited privileges; for example, granting access only to email or only to web site file storage. Use of application specific passwords can greatly enhance […]
If you are allowing Mozilla FireFox or Thunderbird to remember passwords to web sites and/or email accounts in their Password Manager tool, you should know that these passwords are all stored in a plain text file (base64 encoded) on your computer’s disk drive. This file is accessible to anyone with administrative access to your computer. […]
The act of “logging in” – that is, gaining access to some private area in a shared space – has been with us since the early 60s with the introduction of time-sharing computers, albeit confined in those days to very limited professional circles. However, with the use of the public internet as a communication and […]
LuxSci now supports the creation of “application-specific passwords” for individual user accounts. What are these? The are essentially “login aliases.” Users can create distinct username/password combinations for use with different applications, devices, or for shared account access. These login aliases can have limited privileges; for example, granting access only to email or only to web […]
Can I block this one IP that is scanning our accounts? Can I restrict my account so that people can only access it from our office network, or require that they authenticate to WebMail first (using two-factor authentication)? LuxSci is constantly asked for fine-grained access controls by customers who are in shared environments (sharing the […]
