Security Token

[Kevin54]

Can someone explain what it is, and where the hell it goes once in a while?

Sometimes I go to make a reply and it says my "Security Token" is missing. I go back and try to load the page again, and then it's fine. If the Security Token is like a Security Guard, then the sumbitch is out taking too many smoke breaks.

So what is the Security Token?

 

[Dickey]

With regards to the vBulletin software that runs this forum, the security token is just a small bit of unique information that is relayed to your browser from the forum so that the forum will be able to identify your session when you submit a request. Something is occurring where the token the server believes it handed you is not the token you are returning back during a subsequent request.

By chance are you not using the default skin for the forum?

 

[DemonJester]

Yeah I have the same problem all the time trying to mark the forums read from the quick link drop down. The only way it seems to work is if I use tapatalk on my phone to mark the forums read.

 

[Dickey]

That's almost certainly a bug in the interface skin for the particular links you're using. The $session['token'] object or whatever its called these days is likely not being handed to your browser so that it can be handed back during the response.

 

[Kevin54]

With regards to the vBulletin software that runs this forum, the security token is just a small bit of unique information that is relayed to your browser from the forum so that the forum will be able to identify your session when you submit a request. Something is occurring where the token the server believes it handed you is not the token you are returning back during a subsequent request.

By chance are you not using the default skin for the forum?

I didn't know there was another "skin" for the site. Where is it located to change it? I don't know what skin I'm using, but on my monitor, the Forum is down the middle with a light sky blue down each side.

 

[RonRock]

I see the Security Token message when I have left the forum open for a long time and wandered off to other tabs that I have in the same browser window. Then eventually I'll get back to the forum, try to reply and get the Security Token message. It seems to time out while I am away. I just have to reload the page to reconnect with the forum.

 

[Dickey]

I didn't know there was another "skin" for the site. Where is it located to change it? I don't know what skin I'm using, but on my monitor, the Forum is down the middle with a light sky blue down each side.

I honestly don't know if there are alternates for this site or not. I know that updated skins sometimes have bugs related to the security tokens and various other background details is all and thought maybe that was the case here.

 

[Milton Shaw]

Make sure you are using the latest version of your browser. They get updated every month or so. Some of the changes are how they handle cookies, tokens etc.

 

[Tim The Tool Man]

I see the Security Token message when I have left the forum open for a long time and wandered off to other tabs that I have in the same browser window. Then eventually I'll get back to the forum, try to reply and get the Security Token message. It seems to time out while I am away. I just have to reload the page to reconnect with the forum.

^This. Same with me. That's the only time I see the message. Probably should read "Session Timed Out" instead of "Lost Security Token." I don't know how many times I have lifted up my laptop to see it I dropped the damn thing in the toilet!