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users behind proxy server seeing mixed userids and inboxes

sashaesashae New
edited July 2011 in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8
I've gotten a couple of reports from users on my site (running 2.0.18b2) that work in the same office that they've seen instances where their userid/posting identity will get "flipped" -- ie, UserA will hit my site to post, and will post as UserB.

UserB will be able to click on her inbox, and see messages/old whispers from UserA.

This hasn't been reported by any other users, so I strongly suspect it's related to their being behind a proxy server (of some type, they don't know what) in their office.

Any ideas what would cause this, or how to solve it?
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  • sashaesashae New
    Reported by another 2 users, also working in the same office.

    UserIDs get mixed up, Inbox threads are visible to other users (but permission denied is given if the user attempts to click on a thread.) This is definitely problematic -- is there something being done that caches user display based on IP?
  • lucluc ✭✭
    It might just be the proxy doing some silly things.

    Could you update to the latest unstable? I saw a commit about caching (stuff set to tell proxies not to cache certain things).
    It will surely help.
    https://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/commit/7dd2f630e15c4d2d4f53f8179abe4d6f056b0314
  • sashaesashae New
    Fixed the problem for one pair of users, but not for another.
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