Login has no cookies or no sessions?

Why would it be overkill. Considering they have Credit card info for most theire members they need to have somme security in place. What would be the best is to have the first and last name be on box. That way the auto-fill feature would work. Also what is the big deal with having to type in username/password everytime you open the site...it's not like if you have to type a big long paragraphe or anything it's 3 words...and savoing that info in a cookie also poses a security risk if other people have access to the computer you are using...or if sommeone intercepts the cookie...cause they are just plain text they would have your username/password....

[pseudocode]
) User Login
( Anything in the cookie named X?)
{ Get X out of cookie and match it for safety}
else
{
) Roll a GUID named X.
) Put X into database.
) Put X into the cookie. (timeout from settings page)
}

) Whenever you need to do DB transaction, you match the Xes.
) Disconnect.
) Have server take a break.

)
[/pseudocode]

It's way overkill. First, they don't have CC info for the basic accounts, and most of what's done on this site doesn't involve that sort of thing.

Every time I start SL, I risk crashing my system. Sometimes, I'd avoid that, unless some of my friends are online. Doing a check for online friends or browsing the forums shouldn't take more effort on my part than connecting to my bank, but it does, now.

You want to have a security check before doing something involving payments or such, that's fine. But make the harmless stuff easy. You don't think it's an imposition. Great. I do, and your arguing that it's not isn't going to change my mind.

I am still getting a login screen even after 5 minutes when I go from the main site to the forums and then back to the main site again. The sessions or cookies on the main site and forums are not the same or are clearing somewhere (not sure how yawl have it authenticating).

I have same problem since i got this (reported) bug [#258448] April 19.

using Firefox with WinXP,
or using Safari with latest MacOS X.

I'm getting this too

Using IE right now...

OK its happening to me, just started and it happens whiel I am active, thanks.

This relogining in thing is definately gettin on my nerves. The worst thing is it asking me to relogining everytime I alternate the sell $L & market data screen to check market information. All my bookmarks I visit everyday on the various sectons on the SL site are all greeted with login-in forms now, compared to ready site/market data at a go.

Talking about user friendliness on the "upgrade", bring back the longer cookie sessions!

Opere 8.x Too

Nonsense. I'm a software architect for a major ISP (like at least 100x the size of SL) and we don't time out anything for DB load issues. We time out web-cookies for our *user's security*. If there's a DB load issue going on there's an architectural bug.

What I want to know is if these changes are related to the intermittent troubles I'm experiencing logging in to SL generally, as outlined in these threads (which have a similiar timeline):

/111/80/101952/1.html
/111/85/102031/1.html

I have a dim awareness of some common systems, but I actually try to stay away from *knowing* anything about SL's architecture because then I get even more testy about it...

- C

NO fun - NOT easy... sad.. I have same problem... arghhhhh...

/Tina - No more comments...

hi folks!

As of today, this should be back to working the way it was before the problem started (i.e., early last week).

You will still need to log in again to perform Lindex transactions, but when using other parts of the site (forums, etc.), you should no longer be getting logged out so much.

Letting folks choose their own timeout periods, and remembering first AND last names (since the browser only remembers one) are both good ideas. I have noted them down, and I'll see what we can do.

--Gulliver

Thankye Gulliver!

It is working well, now, for me. Thanks!

Yup, I can login to my usual pages at a ago now, yipee!