Blocking cookies cause IAG login page problems

Source: Microsoft Support

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For IAG 3.6 and IAG 2007 the browser will loop with "Redirecting to Login Page" instead of loading the login page.

Prior versions of Whale e-Gap may simply return the following error will instead of the login page.

Login Failure: You have exceeded the maximum number of login attempts.

User validation error

You have exceeded the maximum number of login attempts.
Your access to this site is temporarily denied.

In order to authenticate successfully to IAG, the client browser must accept the IAG session cookies.

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