Secure Login Bookmarks

What can I do with Secure Login Bookmarks?

Secure Login Bookmarks enable you to login to a website directly from your saved bookmarks.
With a Secure Login Bookmark you don't need to click on an icon or perform a keyboard shortcut - just click on the bookmark and you will be logged in automatically on the bookmarked page.

How do I enable Secure Login Bookmarks?

To use the Secure Login Bookmarks you have to enable them on the Secure Login settings page:



With Secure Login Bookmarks enabled Secure Login checks every visited website for a special "anchor" (the location.hash property - see How does Secure Login recognize those bookmarks?).
Although the code to recognize the Secure Login Bookmarks is written as resource friendly as possible this option is disabled by default to follow a puristic approach to use as less system resources as possible.

How do I add a Secure Login Bookmark to my bookmarks:

The current login page can be added as Secure Login Bookmark via the context menu of the Secure Login toolbar button:



If you select the menu item "Add Secure Login Bookmark..." the familiar Firefox bookmark dialog will appear. Just add the bookmark anywhere you like.
Note that the menu item "Add Secure Login Bookmark..." will only be accessible if you have saved any passwords for the current site and the Secure Login Bookmarks are enabled.

How can I preselect a username when logging in with a Secure Login Bookmark?

If you have multiple logins saved for a website and want to create a Secure Login Bookmark which always logs you in with the same user without showing a selection first, you can do the following:

• Create a standard Secure Login Bookmark (see above).
• Open this bookmark link and note which username is listed first in the username selection.
• Edit the address of the created bookmark and add the following to the end of the string:
  • Use the digit 0 for the first username.
  • Use the digit 1 for the second username.
  • Use the number P-1 for the username with the position P.

How does Secure Login recognize those bookmarks?

Secure Login Bookmarks are just normal bookmarks.
The only difference to ordinary bookmarks is a special "anchor" (the location.hash property) added as suffix to the login URL.
Secure Login parses this anchor to identify the Secure Login Bookmarks and to log you in automatically on such a bookmarked page.

The first time the Secure Login Bookmarks are enabled Secure Login creates a string consisting of the characters "#slb" (without quotes) and nine random digits and stores it in the preferences.1
It is the same string that gets appended to any bookmarks created via the Secure Login menu.
Comparing the location.hash property of the current site with the stored string allows Secure Login to recognize a Secure Login Bookmark.

Importing the Secure Login Bookmarks from a different Firefox profile

If you want to use Secure Login Bookmarks imported from a different Firefox profile you have to adjust the hash property saved in the preferences:
Open Firefox configuration editor about:config and search for the following setting:
extensions.secureLogin@blueimp.net.secureLoginBookmarkHash
Double click on this setting and change the string to the hash property appended to your imported Secure Login Bookmarks.

Is using the Secure Login Bookmarks secure?

Logging in from a Secure Login Bookmark uses the same functionality that is used when clicking on the toolbar button or performing the Secure Login Keyboard Shortcut.
To prevent unwanted logins by clicking on a prepared link the identification string (the location.hash property - see How does Secure Login recognize those bookmarks?) for the Secure Login Bookmarks is created randomly.
All Secure Login Bookmark anchors share the first four characters ("#slb"). If the location.hash property of a website starts with these characters but doesn't match the saved location.hash property for the Secure Login Bookmarks it is counted as a failed bookmark login attempt.
After three failed bookmark login attempts you will be presented with a confirmation dialog showing the login URL the next time you successfully use a Secure Login Bookmark or use another way to login with Secure Login.