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Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 10:19:09 +0200
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Subject: Re: Can we change auto-logout timing on wiki.postgresql.org?
From: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>,
	Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>,
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On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 09:27:13AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>
>> On 04/27/2013 07:09 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> >
>> >On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 11:10:43AM +0200, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>> >>On 04/27/2013 08:55 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>On 04/26/2013 11:39 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>interesting hint - thanks.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>I have now increased the relevant timeouts to 6h - lets see how that
>> >>>>goes..
>> >>>
>> >>>FTR, I don't think we should autologout people or at least it should be
>> >>>set to something like 7D.
>> >>
>> >>well from a security perspective it is usually advisable to keep session
>> >>lifetimes as short as possible, I agree that the current setup was way
>> >>to aggressive, but 6h already results in a 6-15x increase of what we had
>> >>before. We can always adjust upwards if we people are really working 6h+
>> >>on an article but lets see first if this change really fixes the issue
>> >>berkus complained about.
>> >
>> >This is a wiki, not a banking website.  We need to use security that is
>> >appropriate for what we are guarding.  We could just prevent edits and
>> >it would be even more secure.  ;-)
>> >
>> >I would like 7 days, myself.
>> >
>>
>> Yep, I mean really, it is a wiki.
>
> OK, please make it 7 days.  I keep the wiki tab open on my browser and
> having to log in every day is a pain.  Now, if you want me to stop using
> the wiki, I am happy to do that.

Really, Bruce?

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