If you are using Kayako SupportSuite as your ticket system and help desk platform, I recommend providing a virtual keyboard in order for your staff and administrators to enter their passwords securely. An example implementation can be seen here.
A virtual keyboard is a software application which allows a user to enter characters via an onscreen keyboard. Unlike typing a password using a hardware keyboard, a virtual keyboard cannot be logged using a keystroke logger.
The follow instructions outline the process of adding a virtual keyboard to the Kayako staff and admin login pages.
Note: These instructions have been tested on Kayako build 3.70.02
1. Download my Virtual Keyboard build from: http://www.md3v.com/dl/Virtual_Keyboard.zip.
2. Upload the “keyboard.css”, “keyboard.js” and “keyboard.png” to the /support/staff and /support/admin folders of the Kayako Support Suite.
3. Make a backup of the login form:
cp /support/themes/admin_default/loginform.tpl /support/themes/admin_default/loginform.tpl~
4. Edit /support/themes/admin_default/loginform.tpl and after:
<{include file=”header.tpl”}>
<body onLoad=”focusUsername()”>
Add: <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”keyboard.css”>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”keyboard.js” charset=”UTF-8″>
Change: <input type=”password” name=”password” id=”password” value=”<{$password}>” size=”25″ />
To: <input type=”password” name=”password” id=”password” lang=”en-us” value=”<{$password}>” size=”25″ />
5. Save the file and exit nano.
6. Test your Kayako site to confirm that the virtual keyboard is working.
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