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I don't know enough about websites to know with any certainty if this is possible, but it seems doable. Anyway, it occurred to me today that, over the years, I've logged into the Halfbakery from a LOT of computers. And I'm sure that I forgot to log out after leaving several of them. My question is this:
is
it possible to trace the IP address of every computer I'm currently logged in on, and if so, is it possible to
log me out of all of them? If it's not possible, please treat this as any other question I've asked you guys over the years. If it is.... Ta da!
[po] live
http://www.youtube....watch?v=tw-TR2tN9Mk
[normzone, Jun 18 2009]
[link]
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...finds one of [21 Quest's] computers and starts posting troll-like ideas and annotations in his name..... "I'm 21 Quest!" |
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It can be done. Gmail has this capability. If you click on the "details" link beside last account activity in the page footer, you'll see an option to sign out all other sessions.
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I think Halfbakery would need to provide that functionality, however, and it's not really the site's responsibility to provide a solution for something users should take care of themselves, one would think. |
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Nobody's perfect. It's a good thing to support - I can see why a large and possibly critical application like gmail does that.
The halfbakery log-in is so unsafe that it seems a little like overkill; most of the pieces are there, though, so we may do it at some point, just because we can.
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How it works in principle: the application identifies users not just by their password/username, but by a special key that gets issued when you log in. Once issued, the application remembers your key. Normally, when you log in, the application gives you the old key it already stored. When you say "log me out everywhere else", the application issues a new key, and gives you that - now the old keys stop working, and whoever uses them would have to log in again.
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So, you don't actually have to know the IP addresses you logged in from (which isn't always possible). |
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I have never logged out. Even at the public libraries
and such. Is that a bad thing? |
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Probably not, Blissy. I'm a little paranoid about such things, though. So, Jutta, is there currently a way for me to do this on the HB? |
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so it is piece of mind you want is it? |
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I, [21 Quest], could use a little piece of mind, yes. The thought of others posting in my name bothers me
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-21 Quest Jun 18 2009
[edit, delete]
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<sings>
come on, come on, come on
And take it, take another little piece of my mind
now baby
Break it, break another little bit of my
mind now darling
Yeah, have a, have another little piece
of my mind now baby
Cos you know you got it and
it makes you feel good
Yes it does
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po always <sings> a bit off key. |
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This is a question right? [marked-for-deletion], not an idea. |
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<sings>
"You can logout anytime you like,
But you can never leaaave"
</sings>
Sing it! |
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welcome to the halfbakery
such a lovely place
such a lovely place with no caps for me!!!>
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adding this to favourites... |
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She's been doing things this way for years, [bigsleep]. What makes you think things will change now? |
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po, thanks for pointing the spelling error out. I meant "peace of mind". It's been corrected. Daseva, i meant it as an idea on the condition that it's possible, hence the question. If it weren't possible, I'd have deleted it. Given that it is possible, however, I'm leaving it up as an idea. |
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I'm here to serve as always... <sings> |
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I'm treating this as a feature request, not a question, so it can stay. What 21Q is asking for is not possible right now, but it wouldn't be that difficult to implement. |
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Would be useful, I've had idiot friends post in my name on other
websites. Scoundrels. [+] |
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Double edged sword, innit? I get my share of radosty and a real horrorshow smeck with a malenky bit of the old oomny sabatoge upon my more gloopy droogs. |
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I'm [21_Quest] and so is my wife! |
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Don't know why so many people dislike this idea, would be damn
useful. |
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