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Ninjaty -> keepalive.asp (5/7/2012 10:47:51)

I have been redirected to this file on the forum several times now, and I'm not sure why. The file appears to only contain code that gives no screen output, possibly a collection of functions with no calls, or the functions might have been made to not provide the user with any feedback. So my question is, why am I being redirected to this file, and what's it's purpose?




Z -> RE: keepalive.asp (5/7/2012 11:01:24)

It's a general piece of code which keeps your current forum session 'alive', which I believe means keeping you logged in to your forum account and not automatically refreshing the page.

I've had the same problem before, and if I remember correctly it had something to do with how my browser handled different file-type extensions. Check your browser options to see if any .asp or related extensions are being associated with some other software such as Dreamweaver.




Ninjaty -> RE: keepalive.asp (5/7/2012 12:34:58)

The sessions associated with the users would be what keeps them logged in, as well as what keeps their user permissions. But to my knowledge sessions don't usually expire on their own, unless there's a difefrence between PHP and ASP sessions. A session should remain active until the current browser instance is shut down.

As for the ASP files, I have my Zend Development Studio set as the primary program used to open them, but I doubt this will affect the browser's ability to interpret them. Anyway, since you say it the keepalive file has to do with sessions, I'm guessing it's used for checking whether or not a person is allowed to remain logged in. In such cases where the account is banned, deleted, or the name and/or password has been changed, it would make sense for the person to be logged out, so I'm guessing that's what the file is for. At the very least it seems to be a file that's supposed to operate in the background.




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