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How two work with cookies from 2 computers/places [message #3866]

Mon, 08 July 2002 05:54

HS-78

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Hi,

I have the following situation here:

In my forum are two users (me and another) who use the forum from work and home and we have the same problem. If we log in at one place, lets say at work, we can use the forum without a problem. If we come back later we are still logged in, as it should be. But when we are at home, where we were logged in the evening before and everything worked fine, the cookie at home is not longer working. So we have to relogin there. But the next morning the cookie at work is gone and another login at work. Bu this destroys the cookie at home ..... and so on.

My question is now why is this so? In other forums I have no problem to use a cookie at home and work and at both places the cookie works. So is this a FUDForum issue?

Thanks in advance,

HS-78.

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Re: How two work with cookies from 2 computers/places [message #3873 is a reply to message #3866]

Mon, 08 July 2002 13:28

Ilia

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This is actually intentional ans is done for security reasons to prevent account take overs.
When you logen in from a computer all cookies and sessions that are from other computers are invalidated, thus preventing 2 users being logged in at the same time on the same account.

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Re: How two work with cookies from 2 computers/places [message #3894 is a reply to message #3873]

Tue, 09 July 2002 05:35

HS-78

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Mhmm, I understand what you mean, but for me it is not very helpfull. I have some users in my forum with 2 computers. One at work the other at home. Both computers are dedicated to this user, or as in one case where 3 people are working at this computer, everyone of them has one password protected windows user/profile with his own cookies. So I see no need for this extra security here, because if a user have the fear of account take overs as you mention he does not have to use cookies.

But for me and the other twin computer users in my forum it is very annoying to relogin every time we switch the computer ... so maybe you can implement a switch in one of the next version to turn this feature off?

CU, HS.

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Re: How two work with cookies from 2 computers/places [message #3897 is a reply to message #3894]

Tue, 09 July 2002 11:49

Ilia

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The forum is designed to accomodate most situations, I understand that in your situation it may not be the most convenient implementation, but in most cases it offers the security necessary to prevent account take overs.

I'll see how the code is implemented and if it can be easily altered to accomodate situations such as you've described, no promises though.

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Re: How two work with cookies from 2 computers/places [message #3900 is a reply to message #3866]

Tue, 09 July 2002 11:57

HS-78

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That would be nice, cause in every other forum I use (as a user) I don't have such problem/feature. So it seems to be not very common - but that doesn't mean it's good or bad Smile

Thanks in advance for looking into the code,

HS.

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Re: How two work with cookies from 2 computers/places [message #3924 is a reply to message #3900]

Tue, 09 July 2002 19:30

UserTom

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My web host uses VBulletin at their site. I am able to access their forums at home and work without logging in repeatedly. I find this very convenient, and I am hoping that the same option can be built into FUD.

-Tom M

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Re: How two work with cookies from 2 computers/places [message #3928 is a reply to message #3924]

Tue, 09 July 2002 21:10

Ilia

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Rejoice

I've added a new option to the forum, "Multiple Host Login", if enabled (disabled by default), it would allow a person to have 2 simultaneous sessions active on the forum from the same account. Thus effectively allowing you to be login on computer B and not loose your existing session on computer A.

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Re: How two work with cookies from 2 computers/places [message #3946 is a reply to message #3866]

Wed, 10 July 2002 05:54

HS-78

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Wow, that was fast - now I'm impressed by you.

But where can I find this option?

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Re: How two work with cookies from 2 computers/places [message #3950 is a reply to message #3946]

Wed, 10 July 2002 10:48

UserTom

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Protoss-

Thanks for the "Multiple Host Login"!

-Tom M

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Re: How two work with cookies from 2 computers/places [message #3954 is a reply to message #3946]

Wed, 10 July 2002 13:41

Ilia

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In the CVS release (if you have it installed) you can find this option near the bottom of the options on the admglobals.php admin panel. That is the control panel you see when you click on the 'Admin Control Panel' link.

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