Opening WWF in New Window = Login Again
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Topic: Opening WWF in New Window = Login Again
Posted By: wistex
Subject: Opening WWF in New Window = Login Again
Date Posted: 13 February 2006 at 3:25pm
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I just noticed something very annoying today. If you open a new window while logged into this site, you will NOT be logged on in the new window. I assume that since you are not using cookies anymore, when I open a new browser window it thinks its a new session? I am using FireFox 1.5 on Windows XP and WWF version 8.0 b2 alpha 2 that is running on this website currently. Example scenario 1: You are logged into WWF in one window. You have Gmail open in another window. You receive a new topic notification in Gmail and click on the link (so you go directly to the post instead of searching for it). Result: you are still logged in on the old window, but in the new window you are not and you have to login again. Example scenario 2: You are logged into WWF in one window. You click on a link that refers to another post on the same WWF site. Result: you are still logged in on the old window, but in the new window you are not and you have to login again. Something's screwy with the sessions. I would prefer it you used sessions as a secondary measure if cookies are not enabled, not as the primary method of tracking logins. Or use both together for additional security. (i.e. its easy to spoof a cookie, but try spoofing a cookie and a session variable at the same time and guessing what the session variable and cookie should be.) ------------- http://www.wistex.com" rel="nofollow - WisTex Solutions http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums" rel="nofollow - CaribbeanChoice Forums |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 13 February 2006 at 4:47pm
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I think you must have an issue with your browser or somthing as I do not have any of these issues as I have not had to re-log back ever, unless I log-off. This is the order of the new tracking system 1. The new session system primarily uses cookies and the auto-login cookie used in the old system to track users, together with a session ID stored in the cookie for temp data session data such as forum order. 2. If you don't use the auto-login system it relies on a session ID stored in a cookie only. 3. If cookies are not working then the system relies on a session ID appended to the end of the URL. For extra security for session data and tracking the first 2 parts of the users IP address are also matched with the session ID. The only time I would expect to find the issues you are having is if cookies are disabled and therefore you are relying only on a session ID appended to the URL and moving to new pages can break this session ID. Are you seeing a session ID appended to URL's in the forum? If yes then cookies are not working in your browser Also is the IP address of your browser changing? ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: wistex
Date Posted: 13 February 2006 at 4:55pm
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No, there is no session ID showing in the URL. And I am using a connection with a dedicated external IP address and a dedicated internal IP address. I also doesn't remember me even though I have auto-login set to on. Not sure what the problem is. I'll try it in IE and see what it does there. I wonder if I am having memory issues. Sometimes it acts strangely when I am low on memory. ------------- http://www.wistex.com" rel="nofollow - WisTex Solutions http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums" rel="nofollow - CaribbeanChoice Forums |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 13 February 2006 at 5:20pm
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Does seem very strange and no-one else has reported these issues at the moment. Maybe worth waiting to see if it is just some quirk with your PC. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: wistex
Date Posted: 13 February 2006 at 5:27pm
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It could be. I have a lot of stuff open right now and memory is low. Firefox won't open any new windows when I reach a certain amount of memory in use. IE just slows the system to a crawl with disk swapping when I use up all the physical RAM. I'll try again later after I have a chance to reboot. It very well could be a problem with this computer. ------------- http://www.wistex.com" rel="nofollow - WisTex Solutions http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums" rel="nofollow - CaribbeanChoice Forums |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 14 February 2006 at 1:45am
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I've lost the login a couple of times recently but just figured it was Borg doing stuff. Only noticed it when I woukd go to reply to a post and find no rte.
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