System logs out too quickly on public networks

Flamed Diving

Hello, when posting on a public network, I make the decision not to tick the 'remember me' box when logging in.

However, when typing a long post the system seems to log me out in the background and as soon as I click 'submit' it brings me to the login page, and the post is lost. I know some may suggest simply copy & pasting every post before clicking submit, but this seems a blunt tool when there is probably a more subtle solution a devloper could implement (extend the logout time?).

My name is URL

Why not just tick the 'Remember Me' box?

Turd Ferguson

My name is URL wrote: »

Why not just tick the 'Remember Me' box?

Yeah, when you log out it clears the cache and cookies so its not keeping your details

Conor

If you tick the "Remember Me" option on a public/shared machine you'd need to remember to log out or else someone could use your account after you leave the machine.

Not ticking that box is indeed the correct approach to take on a public machine since you're inevitably going to forget to log out at some stage.

I don't think that we can extend the session time without affecting a whole load of other things but I'll look into it and see what we can do.

The session time is 15 minutes, so you shouldn't get logged out if you hit the site at least once every 15 minutes. When I've posted from public machines in the past, I've made liberal use of the "Preview Post" button as this keeps the session alive.

Conor

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Yeah, when you log out it clears the cache and cookies so its not keeping your details

Logging out of boards invalidates your login cookie but it doesn't clear your cache. If you have read your PMs or a private forum the next user of the machine could still see those contents if they want to.

Turd Ferguson

Conor wrote: »

Logging out of boards invalidates your login cookie but it doesn't clear your cache. If you have read your PMs or a private forum the next user of the machine could still see those contents if they want to.

Ah, didn't know that

Conor

If you're on a public machine and you're paranoid like me, it's worth manually clearing the cache when you're about to leave.

My name is URL

If you used a custom URL when logging in such as flamed.boards.ie, would it still remember you when you try to log in through the normal URL?

Turd Ferguson

My name is URL wrote: »

If you used a custom URL when logging in such as flamed.boards.ie, would it still remember you when you try to log in through the normal URL?

You just wanted to say URL didn't you

Conor

My name is URL wrote: »

If you used a custom URL when logging in such as flamed.boards.ie, would it still remember you when you try to log in through the normal URL?

Probably not, but the URL would still be in the history and the data would still be in the cache so it's not really a useful tactic from a security perspective. Anyone who's going to the trouble of nosing around will find it.

Tallon

Can you not just press page back to retrieve your long post?

Flamed Diving

Tallon wrote: »

Can you not just press page back to retrieve your long post?

Nope. All gone.

Flamed Diving

Conor wrote: »

If you tick the "Remember Me" option on a public/shared machine you'd need to remember to log out or else someone could use your account after you leave the machine.

Not ticking that box is indeed the correct approach to take on a public machine since you're inevitably going to forget to log out at some stage.

I don't think that we can extend the session time without affecting a whole load of other things but I'll look into it and see what we can do.

The session time is 15 minutes, so you shouldn't get logged out if you hit the site at least once every 15 minutes. When I've posted from public machines in the past, I've made liberal use of the "Preview Post" button as this keeps the session alive.

This has happened a few times to me and it definitely logs me out sooner than 15mins. I would say more like 5-7 mins.

D4RK ONION

Tallon wrote: »

Can you not just press page back to retrieve your long post?

Not on the Godly browser that is Internet Explorer. The developers have yet to see that as a useful addition. :rolleyes:

deadhead13

Flamed Diving wrote: »

However, when typing a long post the system seems to log me out in the background and as soon as I click 'submit' it brings me to the login page, and the post is lost. (extend the logout time?).

If you login when the login page comes up your message will be posted.

Flamed Diving

deadhead13 wrote: »

If you login when the login page comes up your message will be posted.

Ah.

deadhead13

Flamed Diving wrote: »

Ah.

I'm a slow typer, it happens to me all the time.

Tallon

D4RK ONION wrote: »

Not on the Godly browser that is Internet Explorer.

Jeeze, are they still making that?

Turd Ferguson

Tallon wrote: »

Jeeze, are they still making that?

Netscape Navigator FTW