Corrupted cookies.

Anachronous · 03-23-06, 11:56 PM

For subsim and it seems subsim only, I have a problem where I need to delete my cookies or I cant log in.

I will get the default skin and be asked for my login info, but if I put it in, i get returned back to the login info screen constantly. Doing a CTRL refresh doesnt help and reloading into a new pages doesnt either.

The only way to fix it, is to delete the two subsim cookies and then reload the browser.

I am not currently having this problem on other PHPBB sites and this is the first Ive ever noticed something like this.

Any advice?

Onkel Neal · 03-25-06, 09:53 AM

Sometimes that happens. Keep the "Log me on automatically each visit" box checked.

Make sure you are using IE6 or IE7 beta, not AOL browser. phpBB uses sessions to keep track of users as they browse the board. These sessions use a combination of a unique session id and the users IP to identify each user. Unfortunately this only works when the users IP is constant as they browse the board. For most users this will be the case. However certain providers route their users via a cluster of proxys. In some cases, particularly AOL this results in different IPs being forwarded as the user moves between pages. We take account of this by not checking the entire IP but only the first "three quads". Again in most cases this will be fine. However again AOL uses IPs which can vary so much that checking only the first two quads results in a fairly static IP being available for session validation.

Anachronous · 03-25-06, 09:09 PM

Thanks for the explanation. Nooooooooo AOL here.

Seems there is not much I can do about it.

TLAM Strike · 03-26-06, 07:28 PM

This just happend to me. I use IE6 and I do not use AOL. I delited the cookies and I can log in again, although alot of the emoticons are now now showing up unless I click the "view more" link.

03-23-06, 11:56 PM	#1
Anachronous Medic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tasmania Posts: 167 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Corrupted cookies. For subsim and it seems subsim only, I have a problem where I need to delete my cookies or I cant log in. I will get the default skin and be asked for my login info, but if I put it in, i get returned back to the login info screen constantly. Doing a CTRL refresh doesnt help and reloading into a new pages doesnt either. The only way to fix it, is to delete the two subsim cookies and then reload the browser. I am not currently having this problem on other PHPBB sites and this is the first Ive ever noticed something like this. Any advice? __________________ Use of undefined constants causes assumptions!

03-25-06, 09:09 PM	#3
Anachronous Medic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tasmania Posts: 167 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the explanation. Nooooooooo AOL here. Seems there is not much I can do about it. __________________ Use of undefined constants causes assumptions!

03-26-06, 07:28 PM	#4
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	This just happend to me. I use IE6 and I do not use AOL. I delited the cookies and I can log in again, although alot of the emoticons are now now showing up unless I click the "view more" link. __________________

03-25-06, 09:53 AM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Sometimes that happens. Keep the "Log me on automatically each visit" box checked. Make sure you are using IE6 or IE7 beta, not AOL browser. phpBB uses sessions to keep track of users as they browse the board. These sessions use a combination of a unique session id and the users IP to identify each user. Unfortunately this only works when the users IP is constant as they browse the board. For most users this will be the case. However certain providers route their users via a cluster of proxys. In some cases, particularly AOL this results in different IPs being forwarded as the user moves between pages. We take account of this by not checking the entire IP but only the first "three quads". Again in most cases this will be fine. However again AOL uses IPs which can vary so much that checking only the first two quads results in a fairly static IP being available for session validation.