@timbo2022
Some notes, before proceeding
- A digital certificate problem might be involved re failure to Sign In
- A VPN might be involved re failure to Sign In
- Might help to use a Brave Browser > New Private Window
- One or more Extensions might be involved re failure to Sign In
Include the Brave Browser Settings temporary adjustments at:
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In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://settings/clearBrowserData
For tab Advanced
- Set:
Time range:All time
- Enable:
Browsing history
- Enable:
Cookies and other site data (Signs you out of most sites)
- Enable:
Cached images and files
- Enable:
Autofill form data
Click on the ‘Clear data’ button.
(The ‘Clear data’ button also saves the selections.)
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Recommend Brave Shields v1
In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://flags
Search, there, for: Enable Brave Shields
- DISABLE:
Enable Brave Shields v2
- ENABLE:
Enable Brave Shields v1
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In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://settings/cookies
Scroll down that settings page, to Sites that can always use cookies
Click the Add button
Enter [*.]somebank.com as the site . . . but Do Not Enable:
- Current Private session only
- Including third-party cookies on this site
Click the Add button
Repeat those steps for:
- [here I would list additional sources, if / when discovered - see Developer Tools]
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Next, go to: brave://settings/content/javascript
Scroll down that javascript settings page to Allowed to use javascript
Click the Add button
Enter [*.]somebank.com as the site . . . but Do Not Enable:
- Current Private session only
Click the Add button
Repeat those steps for:
- [here I would list additional sources, if / when discovered - see Developer Tools]
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In order to learn, what website sources (of Cookies and JavaScripts) may be involved, learn to use the Developer Tools > Network tool for monitoring items, and use the Developer Tools > Application for learning sources of, and examining, Cookies.
How to use Developer Tools
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Cookies check
In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://settings/cookies and in the upper-right area of the window, enter into the Search field: somebank
Then, search down the cookies settings page and check to see if somebank shows under Sites that can never use cookies . If exists, then remove the somebank entry.
JavaScripts check
In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://settings/content/javascript and in the upper-right area of the window, enter into the Search field: somebank
Then, search down the javascripts settings page and check to see if somebank shows under Not allowed to use javascript. If exists, then remove the somebank entry.
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Clearing DNS cache
Option A
In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://net-internals/#dns and click on ‘Clear host cache’
Next, go to: brave://net-internals/#sockets and click on both of the following (in succession):
Close idle socketsFlush socket pools
Exit / Quit Brave Browser
Exit / Quit everything else and Restart your computer.
Option B
How to flush DNS cache in Windows OS: ‘https://www.wikihow.com/Flush-DNS’
How to flush DNS cache in Mac OS: In a Terminal.app window, enter at the prompt:
dscacheutil -flushcache
Exit / Quit everything else and Restart your computer.
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Notes re what are:
DNS cache:
Socket pool:
With pooling, instead of closing a connection after it is used, we can keep it idle while it waits to handle another request. This saves the resources required to create a new connection.
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