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Keep in mind the same server will lock you out for a day or so if you autofill the wrong password, be warned. :D


No it won't, just restart the browser if cleaning cookies didn't work. Entered password is only valid for a session.


HTTP basic authentication is stateless


This could be true if the server is using something like fail2ban.




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