Password protected galleries

Antonio Correia · May 5, 2006

When in a remote computer, open a Password Protected Gallerie.
It will stay opened - I do not know for how long - even if we restart the computer.

I tested this just now at my wife's computer by my side.
I tested this today in Lisbon at my daughter's office.

Am I making anything wrong ?
Is there a way to fix this ?
Is it my fault ?
Does it happen to you ?

Regards. :thumb

Andy · May 5, 2006

Antonio Correia wrote:

When in a remote computer, open a Password Protected Gallerie.
It will stay opened - I do not know for how long - even if we restart the computer.

I tested this just now at my wife's computer by my side.
I tested this today in Lisbon at my daughter's office.

Am I making anything wrong ?
Is there a way to fix this ?
Is it my fault ?
Does it happen to you ?

Regards.

There's a cookie - so delete your domain cookies and you'll be all set.

Antonio Correia · May 5, 2006

Andy wrote:

There's a cookie - so delete your domain cookies and you'll be all set.

OK.
I am in a hotel lobby, as I was the other day in Malaysia/Borneo, and I can't delete the cookies.
I know now that they at the hotel, can go and see my passworded galleries.
The ones I showed then to my travel companions ...

Something should be done. Am I wronge ?

Andy · May 6, 2006

Antonio Correia wrote:

OK.
I am in a hotel lobby, as I was the other day in Malaysia/Borneo, and I can't delete the cookies.
I know now that they at the hotel, can go and see my passworded galleries.
The ones I showed then to my travel companions ...

Something should be done. Am I wronge ?

Antonio, it will expire, so you shouldn't worry.

Antonio Correia · May 7, 2006

Andy wrote:

Antonio, it will expire, so you shouldn't worry.

Sorry Andy: How long to expire ?
I did it yesterday ay my computer's wife by my side.
Today, local time 11.25h yes, it is gone.

BUT
1. I acess in a cybercafe my password protected gallery (PPG).
2. Close the Internet Explorer.
3. A guy I have never seen in my life goes and access my PPG ?

At the office:
1. I acess the PPG.
2. I go out for coffee because I am the boss and I go in and out when I feel like.
3. My employies go to my computer, open my supposed PPG and watch my confidencial pics ?? !! ... It's business and supposed to be confidencial !! ...

Another experience:
1. Acess your home page with passord.
Go in as if you were in a public computer.
2. Go to PPG. Do nothing, just update it.
3. Return to your homepage and / or Close IExplorer.
5. Open IExp.
6. Acess the PPG.
7 . It opens !!!!! ....
8. Acess others PPG: They are OK, they do not open.

Is there anything you can do about it except: Don't use a PPG ?
Sorry but I don' t like it. At all.

Thanks.

Andy · May 7, 2006

http://www.smugmug.com/help/private-albums

SmugMug Help wrote:

Q: Why doesn't my password-protected gallery require a password anymore?
A: For convenience, smugmug remembers that you are authorized to visit a gallery once you have correctly entered the password. You can revisit the gallery, provided you do so on the same computer, for 24 hours without having to enter it again. Anyone who visits the gallery for the first time, however, will be asked for the password even if you're not.

I'll see if this can be made into a session cookie, not a 24 hour cookie.

Thanks Antonio

Antonio Correia · May 7, 2006

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marieboyer · May 7, 2006

Antonio and/or Andy:

If this becomes a session cookie then does the cookie get automatically deleted after you turn off your browser? If so, that is spectacular!

This may seem like a stupid question, but is Andy talking about making that change "smugmug wide" or just for your site, Antonio?

Antonio Correia · May 7, 2006

marieboyer wrote:

Antonio and/or Andy:

If this becomes a session cookie then does the cookie get automatically deleted after you turn off your browser? If so, that is spectacular!

This may seem like a stupid question, but is Andy talking about making that change "smugmug wide" or just for your site, Antonio?

I think that's the ideia.
We open the passworded galleries and, as we go out of the site, the cookie is deleted and the password vanishes.
I think that is most private and pragmatic.

Andy: Your turn please. You know much more than I do ...

Andy · May 7, 2006

To BE CLEAR:

I don't do anything about it. I asked the engineers about this. If anything would be done, it would be done for all, not just Antonio's site.

No promises on if or when.

Antonio Correia · May 7, 2006

"...would be done for all, not just Antonio's site..."
I wouldn't dare to think so !...
But one thing is clear I think: this must be fixed ! One way or another ...
Am I wronge ?

Andy · May 7, 2006

Antonio Correia wrote:

"...would be done for all, not just Antonio's site..."
I wouldn't dare to think so !...
But one thing is clear I think: this must be fixed ! One way or another ...
Am I wronge ?

Antonio - we got it, thank you.

marieboyer · May 7, 2006

Oh, now that is awesome.

Thanks Antonio for bringing it up, and Andy for making the fix happen.

Andy · May 7, 2006

marieboyer wrote:

Oh, now that is awesome. Thanks Antonio for bringing it up, and Andy for making the fix happen.

PLEASE PLEASE re-read. I have not promised a fix. Only that I've brought it to the engineers.

There's nothing "broken" that needs fixing, btw. We say, 24hours. It's in our help section. That's not a bug that needs fixing.

Now, please, patience and let's see what may happen.

marieboyer · May 8, 2006

Oooops. Thanks for clarification, Andy. Sorry about the misplaced hype.

Antonio Correia · May 17, 2006

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=310213#post310213
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