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

["Josh Elser (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Josh Elser created ACCUMULO-4688:
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             Summary: Consider adding autocomplete=false to the shell servlet's password input element
                 Key: ACCUMULO-4688
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-4688
             Project: Accumulo
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: monitor
            Reporter: Josh Elser
            Assignee: Josh Elser
            Priority: Trivial
             Fix For: 1.7.4, 1.8.2


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?



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