Thanks for all the replies, folks!
Doug, I looked at that Coldcuts code you mentioned, but I have no clue where in my code to put it!I've tried several things but keep getting errors - VALUE is not a valid parameter, among others.Where would you suggest I place that code?Thank you for your help.
I would imagine you could do some thing like:
On the login.cfm page
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CFPARAM NAME=client.times_logged_on VALUE=0
CFIF client.times_logged_on gt 3
Sorry too many attempts (or some other more nicely worded message)
CFABORT
CFELSE
CFSET client.times_logged_on =
Okay, I could be wrong because like I said, I'm very new to this - but wouldn't times_logged_on track how many times the user has actually logged in, not just tried to?I've tried to use session.times_logged_on but until the person successfully logs in, there's no actual session variable set.
I'm
Christy Carter wrote:
wouldn't times_logged_on track how many times the user has actually
logged in, not just tried to?
Not if you reset your counter stuff to zero (or delete it or somesuch)
after a successful login :-)
I wrote a free tag that does this 3-strikes stuff (I use 4 strikes, as I
Thanks, Matt. I did download your code, and am about to wade through it now, although given my lack of CF knowledge, my chances of being able to decipher it are probably slim. :)
But thanks for your help anyway.
Christy
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Christy, Welcome to the wonderful world of CF, speaking for
everyone on the list we hope you enjoy it and will stay and
even recruit some friends.
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I see you are using session vars, so I would recommend
session.times_logged_on.
But that aside, you have to realize that there is no way
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I see you are using session vars, so I would recommend
session.times_logged_on.
But that aside, you have
times.
Mark W. Breneman
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Granted that deleting cookies pretty much zaps session management,
but...
The trick to making this work right, I think, is making it successfully
self-service.A user has to have enough retries to get it thru their
thick skull that they forgot their password (I use 4 strikes).
The lockout has to
You are right, deleting cookies just makes it go away, otherwise we
are into the arena of banning ip addresses and with dynamic IP
addresses being used normally that is outta the window!
MD
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As log as it just kicks the user off the login screen I wouldnt mind. What
I really dislike is 3 failed attempts and you have to call a helpdesk or
send e-mail or whatever to have your account reactivated such that you
can try to login again.
Casey Cook
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(lockDuration or something like that).
This would allow the account to effectively unlock itself after a given period of time.
Brian
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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: locking user out after 3 incorrect attempts to log
Yeah it is irritating, yet strangely comforting. I just went through that
with my bank login. They have some database tracking that keeps an account
of the number of times you try to log in. If the process to reactivate
wasn't so darned convoluted, it would be an OK experience.
George
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Christy, Welcome to the wonderful world of CF, speaking for everyone on
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