Logins and Logouts

Wingsrising · Post by **Wingsrising** » 13 Feb 2007 09:47 pm

I don't know if y'all have noticed, but at the moment Neopets logs you out every time you log in on a different computer: ie, when I login to Neopets at work it logs me out at home, and vice verse.

Shapu on PPT has posted that this is because login cookies are now tied to IP address, so you need to re-login every time your IP address changes (which means every time you reconnect for people who don't have static IPs).

I assume (unverified assumption) that this is being done as an anti-cookie-grabbing measure, since I think it makes cookie-grabbing virtually impossible. It's annoying as hell, but I suppose if it makes the site more secure I can live with it (not that I have a choice).

rebelheart · Post by **rebelheart** » 13 Feb 2007 10:18 pm

I reconnect several times a day and I haven't noticed anything. I've heard IE users are constantly getting logged out though, and I've had to relogin in IE, too, which I don't usually use but have to stay logged in to use my neodaq.xls

I don't think they should IP-bind cookies if that's what they're trying to do, too many people are on dial-up, and get logged out after certain time periods of inactivity. It would make playing flash games that take longer to complete virtually impossible.

Wingsrising · Post by **Wingsrising** » 13 Feb 2007 10:27 pm

I use Firefox and this has been happening to me, so it's definitely not just IE.

Post by **dandelions** » 13 Feb 2007 11:33 pm

Are you sure about cookies being bound to IP? My IP changes a lot (for example, I had two different IPs yesterday) and I haven't had to log in again yet on any of my accounts (IE for my main, Opera and Firefox for sides). Deviantart, for example, logs you out if you log in on another computer, but their cookies aren't bound to IP.

If you're being logged out randomly, wingsrising, it's a glitch- your IP is very static.

adi_gallia · Post by **adi_gallia** » 13 Feb 2007 11:51 pm

JellyNeo made a news post about this and I think it would be good if it did what it's supposed to. I made a board about this and was logged on/off three times in an hour. I changed my PW so I don't know what happened.

Wingsrising · Post by **Wingsrising** » 14 Feb 2007 12:26 am

Hmm. I don't know what to say, then. It's not the least bit random: I have to log on once when I get to work (yeah, yeah, goofing off at work, etc.) and then once again when I get home. So logging in at work logs me out at home and vice versa.

adi_gallia · Post by **adi_gallia** » 14 Feb 2007 09:26 pm

Did you even check JellyNeo to see what I was talking about? Well, JellyNeo says that there is a new thing that logs you off when you change PC. Like exactly how your situation is with the logging in at work logging you out at home and vice versa.

Wingsrising · Post by **Wingsrising** » 14 Feb 2007 09:53 pm

adi_gallia wrote: Did you even check JellyNeo to see what I was talking about? Well, JellyNeo says that there is a new thing that logs you off when you change PC. Like exactly how your situation is with the logging in at work logging you out at home and vice versa.

I already read the quote from Jelly Neo on PPT, and like I said, it describes what's happening to me exactly.

adi_gallia · Post by **adi_gallia** » 14 Feb 2007 10:26 pm

Wingsrising wrote:I already read the quote from Jelly Neo on PPT, and like I said, it describes what's happening to me exactly.

Oh, oops. Well if your problem fits what it says then uhh what is the point of this board, awareness?

Wingsrising · Post by **Wingsrising** » 14 Feb 2007 10:31 pm

Well, this is a New Features board and it's a New Feature. If i thought it was a glitch I would have put it in Misc.

FaerieInGrey · Post by **FaerieInGrey** » 14 Feb 2007 10:38 pm

I think it's an interesting point - thank you for bringing it up, Wingsrising

ulyyf · Post by **ulyyf** » 14 Feb 2007 11:24 pm

adi_gallia wrote:
Wingsrising wrote:I already read the quote from Jelly Neo on PPT, and like I said, it describes what's happening to me exactly.
Oh, oops. Well if your problem fits what it says then uhh what is the point of this board, awareness?

Probably. Not everybody visits JellyNeo or PPT. I don't. I would have been completely taken by surprise without this board here to inform me.

bluesoccercat · Post by **bluesoccercat** » 15 Apr 2007 11:07 pm

Well I like being logged off every time you change computers. Sometimes I'll log in in the lab at school and forget to log off, but I can always clear myself out of other computers by logging out on my home and then in again.

However, if you're getting logged out of your account multiple times a night while using the same computer and you use Firefox, you could try clearing your cookies. My FF will do that to me if it's been a month or two and I have a lot of cookies...I think it just gets confused

phoebemittens · Post by **phoebemittens** » 16 Apr 2007 06:42 pm

It's actually been useful for me (since I worked out what was happening). I occasionally leave my home computer logged in on a side account by mistake, but when I check my stocks at work I always log into my main.

Previously I would come home, open neo and get 1/2 way through my dailies before realising I'm on a side account, and panic about freezing. Now I know I'm on my main because I have to re-log in every evening.

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