Shoutbox

Blah... I want to make it clear that the only way to be "logged in" is if MyBB's ID/password cookies are set.

If you're viewing a cached page that says you're logged in as User A, that's not necessarily true. You could actually be logged out, or logged on as a different user. The cached page might be lying, because it's not coming directly from the forum server.

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Originally posted by pr0xy_nuk3r
And I'm not sure if this forum is run the same way.  When I log on, is the IP addy of the computer I'm at recorded and if I dont sign off then anytime I visits the site the site checks the ip address and sees it's the one pr0xy_nuk3r logged in on and he still hasn't logged off yet so it must be him. 

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MyBB does not identify members by IP address. The member's browser needs to send the proper ID & password cookies to be logged in.

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Originally posted by pr0xy_nuk3r
I will log on to a computer in the library, and forget to sign off, then 4 hours later log on to a class room computer to check the board and when I go on the site, I'm already logged on.

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WDZ, why does this happen then?? .... and it even happens when the computers are shut off.  I came inton the library this morning and I was already signed in

Are you sure you're actually logged in? Try viewing a page of the forums that you didn't view before. If it says you're logged in, well, that's pretty strange.

Maybe the cookies get stored on the school's proxy server...

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Originally posted by WDZ
Maybe the cookies get stored on the school's proxy server...

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more likely it's just a cached page   Do a Ctrl+F5 on a page to reload it entirely

yeah, I did Ctrl+F5 and I'm still logged on,  I think WDZ is right, because each person has to log in if they want to use the computer, and everyone has a different user name and pass, plus each student has a shared folder they can use to store school on so they can access it on a different computer.  I think the cookies are stored on the shared folder.

Would it be possible to get past the shcools dodgy content blocking with socks kozmo framer (makes me laugh everytime)?

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Originally posted by pr0xy_nuk3r
yeah, I did Ctrl+F5 and I'm still logged on,  I think WDZ is right, because each person has to log in if they want to use the computer, and everyone has a different user name and pass, plus each student has a shared folder they can use to store school on so they can access it on a different computer.  I think the cookies are stored on the shared folder.

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Enter, Wireless Laptops. Everyone at my school has a wireless laptop and the school took down the proxy server in favour of a packet scheduler.

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Originally posted by NoName
Would it be possible to get past the shcools dodgy content blocking with socks kozmo framer (makes me laugh everytime)?

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No... it's not a proxy, just an HTML frame...

I've used to have the same login problem at school, and then they updated our servers so that any cookies would be deleted on logout.  They've since modified the servers again so that we've got a profile, and cookies will apply to your user only. So now I can click the keep me logged in button on forums, and I can still be logged in!  Hey, maybe the school servers aren't so bad after all!