Overview
The Persistent Login module provides the familiar "Remember Me" option in the user login form. Additional security is provided by using two tokens (one long-running, one per-access) that allow the detection of unauthorized token use.
Persistent Login is independent of the PHP session settings and is more secure (and user-friendly) than simply setting a long PHP session lifetime. For a detailed discussion of the design and security of Persistent Login, see Improved Persistent Login Cookie Best Practice.
Features
- Control how long user logins are remembered, before a user will have to enter their credentials again.
- Control how many different persistent logins are remembered per user.
- Control which pages a remembered user can or cannot access without explicitly logging in with a username and password (e.g. you cannot edit your account or change your password with just a persistent login).
- A user can clear all of his/her remembered logins via their account page.
Known Problems
#327263: Possible false security warning: If a user opens several pages of a website simultaneously, the first request will invalidate the token and may cause the subsequent requests to trigger the security alert.
Maintainers
GitHub Mirror
https://github.com/gapple/persistent_login
Downloads
Recommended releases
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Project Information
- Maintenance status: Actively maintained
- Development status: Maintenance fixes only
- Module categories: User Access & Authentication
- Reported installs: 3882 sites currently report using this module. View usage statistics.
- Last modified: December 16, 2011
