Security Token Missing

GunsAreGood · March 14, 2010, 01:15 AM

I recently tried to post some pictures in a thread and got a message that a Security Token was missing. can any of the staff please tell me what this means and how to fix it. Thank you.

**Mal H** · March 14, 2010, 01:24 AM

That usually means you are trying to access a URL that begins with "https" instead of "http". If so, drop the 's' and give it another try.

GunsAreGood · March 14, 2010, 03:19 AM

Thank you for the quick response. I was trying to add the pictures through a attachment so dropping the S is not the problem. Do you have any other ideas? I have never used the insert image to add pictures. If I wanted to use that would I have to start something like a Photobucket account and put the images from my computer onto the account and do it that way. Any input would be much appreciated.

**Bud Helms** · March 14, 2010, 09:25 AM

Go to this thread: http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...d.php?t=368640 and scroll down to the part about Security Certificates.

It is essentially a nonproblem, but good for you for not ignoring it. Really.

**tyme** · March 14, 2010, 11:09 PM

I don't think that's related to SSL.

**Bud Helms** · March 15, 2010, 06:15 AM

Okay, I thought it was. Do you have any suggestions?

**tyme** · March 15, 2010, 02:43 PM

Guns: can you describe exactly what you were doing when you got the error? I haven't been able to reproduce it so far.

GunsAreGood · March 15, 2010, 07:21 PM

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Guns: can you describe exactly what you were doing when you got the error? I haven't been able to reproduce it so far.

Yes I was starting a new thread and wanted to insert some images so as usual I just used the attachment button. The pictures where just taken on a friends camera and put onto my computer. The pictures I was trying to post have never been posted before. Maybe it has something to do with the camera. So I tried to upload the pictures and it just says error DSCF2610.jpg Upload of file failed. I kept trying to upload with the same manage attachments box and after multiple attempts I received the Security Token Missing error. The weird thing is that I can post other images using the attachment button but not the images taken on a friends camera.

I have never used the INSERT IMAGE button. If I wanted to use that would I have to start something like a Photobucket account and put the images from my computer onto the account and post them though Photobucket. Any input would be much appreciated. Thank you.

**tyme** · March 16, 2010, 12:10 PM

Still not sure about the security token error... I mean it's a value that gets passed through various forms in vbulletin, that they introduced over a year ago, but I don't see why it would be broken.

The failed uploads, though... could it be the jpegs are too big?

GunsAreGood · March 17, 2010, 10:04 AM

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could it be the jpegs are too big?

That is a easy solution that I seemed to overlook.

If the image was to big would It give me a Security Token missing error message? I will fool around with it some more and see what I can do. Thanks for the help.

GunsAreGood · March 17, 2010, 02:36 PM

Well I just created a Photobucket account and put the images in a thread using the insert image button and it worked perfect. I am giving up on figuring it out. thank you for your input.

**tyme** · March 17, 2010, 02:36 PM

Nope, nothing about the image should be affecting whether you get a security token error.

I would guess that the security token thing is some weird issue related to your firewall or web browser or session time-out or broken session cookies.

You mentioned something about a separate error

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it just says error DSCF2610.jpg Upload of file failed.

and I was guessing that that error might have something to do with exceeding file size limits.

**Brian Pfleuger** · March 17, 2010, 03:18 PM

I just got a security token error trying to reply to a thread...

Oddly, when I went back to the TFL main forum page I was showing as not logged in and I have it set to stay logged in and it has always worked....

**tyme** · March 17, 2010, 04:54 PM

the plot thickens

**Mal H** · March 17, 2010, 07:11 PM

Oddly enough, I was also logged out when I tried to return to TFL about 20 minutes ago. I haven't had to login for months (maybe years) unless I have expressly logged out.

**tyme** · March 17, 2010, 08:01 PM

We did upgrade to vb 3.8.5 today, maybe that reset cookies? Separate issue though.

vranasaurus · March 17, 2010, 08:35 PM

I received the security token message when I tried to reply to a thread today and I have been logged out twice.

**tyme** · March 17, 2010, 09:44 PM

Twice? Could that be once for www.thefiringline.com and once for thefiringline.com? If it happens again, edit your post and note that it happened more than twice.

We should probably be redirecting one of those hostnames to the other to avoid having two sets of cookies. Who knows what kind of grief that's causing people. It might also even be responsible for this security token business.

I will look into the security token thing more closely. Won't be tonight though.

**Vanya** · March 18, 2010, 01:07 PM

I too had to log in when I came back yesterday after seeing a notice about the software upgrade -- just assumed it was a cookie-reset thing related to the upgrade.

But I haven't seen anything about a security token, missing or otherwise... I feel a bit left out.

**Brian Pfleuger** · March 18, 2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanya

But I haven't seen anything about a security token, missing or otherwise... I feel a bit left out.

You've probably got my missing token, that's why you're not having any trouble.... I'd really like it back, please.

**Vanya** · March 18, 2010, 04:14 PM

Hah! Yes, I just found it, and it does have your name on it.

You can have it back -- for a price....

**Mal H** · March 18, 2010, 06:49 PM

peetza - what Vanya has is only a token of your security, if you want your real security back, I've got it! And it will cost you even more than he was going to charge!

**Brian Pfleuger** · March 18, 2010, 06:56 PM

Bah!

I'll just go down to Chuckie Cheese's and get a new one! They're only a quarter!

**Vanya** · March 18, 2010, 08:10 PM

You'll regret it someday.

The original tokens will appreciate in value, as they're very collectible -- not to mention the sentimental value of the one that was yours...

**Mal H** · March 18, 2010, 10:27 PM

Ok guys, we're all getting a little silly and definitely OT. Back to the original discussion of missing security tokens ....

March 14, 2010, 01:15 AM	#1
GunsAreGood Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2010 Posts: 300	Security Token Missing I recently tried to post some pictures in a thread and got a message that a Security Token was missing. can any of the staff please tell me what this means and how to fix it. Thank you. __________________ From my cold dead hands If guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns

March 14, 2010, 03:19 AM	#3
GunsAreGood Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2010 Posts: 300	Thank you for the quick response. I was trying to add the pictures through a attachment so dropping the S is not the problem. Do you have any other ideas? I have never used the insert image to add pictures. If I wanted to use that would I have to start something like a Photobucket account and put the images from my computer onto the account and do it that way. Any input would be much appreciated. __________________ From my cold dead hands If guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns

March 14, 2010, 09:25 AM	#4
Bud Helms Staff Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia Posts: 12,907	Go to this thread: http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...d.php?t=368640 and scroll down to the part about Security Certificates. It is essentially a nonproblem, but good for you for not ignoring it. Really. __________________ "The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion." - John Lawton, speaking to the American Association of Broadcast Journalists in 1995

March 14, 2010, 11:09 PM	#5
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Location: Novalis 978-0553586251 Posts: 2,999	I don't think that's related to SSL. __________________ Proud reseller of little geisha dolls with big heads that wobble. "Want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? Make fewer felons in the first place." --Vanya

March 15, 2010, 06:15 AM	#6
Bud Helms Staff Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia Posts: 12,907	Okay, I thought it was. Do you have any suggestions? __________________ "The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion." - John Lawton, speaking to the American Association of Broadcast Journalists in 1995

March 14, 2010, 01:24 AM	#2
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 14,083	That usually means you are trying to access a URL that begins with "https" instead of "http". If so, drop the 's' and give it another try.

March 15, 2010, 02:43 PM	#7
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Location: Novalis 978-0553586251 Posts: 2,999	Guns: can you describe exactly what you were doing when you got the error? I haven't been able to reproduce it so far. __________________ Proud reseller of little geisha dolls with big heads that wobble. "Want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? Make fewer felons in the first place." --Vanya

March 16, 2010, 12:10 PM	#9
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Location: Novalis 978-0553586251 Posts: 2,999	Still not sure about the security token error... I mean it's a value that gets passed through various forms in vbulletin, that they introduced over a year ago, but I don't see why it would be broken. The failed uploads, though... could it be the jpegs are too big? __________________ Proud reseller of little geisha dolls with big heads that wobble. "Want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? Make fewer felons in the first place." --Vanya

March 17, 2010, 02:36 PM	#11
GunsAreGood Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2010 Posts: 300	Well I just created a Photobucket account and put the images in a thread using the insert image button and it worked perfect. I am giving up on figuring it out. thank you for your input. __________________ From my cold dead hands If guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns

March 17, 2010, 04:54 PM	#14
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Location: Novalis 978-0553586251 Posts: 2,999	the plot thickens __________________ Proud reseller of little geisha dolls with big heads that wobble. "Want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? Make fewer felons in the first place." --Vanya

March 17, 2010, 07:11 PM	#15
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 14,083	Oddly enough, I was also logged out when I tried to return to TFL about 20 minutes ago. I haven't had to login for months (maybe years) unless I have expressly logged out.

March 17, 2010, 08:01 PM	#16
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Location: Novalis 978-0553586251 Posts: 2,999	We did upgrade to vb 3.8.5 today, maybe that reset cookies? Separate issue though. __________________ Proud reseller of little geisha dolls with big heads that wobble. "Want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? Make fewer felons in the first place." --Vanya

March 17, 2010, 08:35 PM	#17
vranasaurus Senior Member Join Date: November 16, 2008 Posts: 1,145	I received the security token message when I tried to reply to a thread today and I have been logged out twice.

March 17, 2010, 09:44 PM	#18
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Location: Novalis 978-0553586251 Posts: 2,999	Twice? Could that be once for www.thefiringline.com and once for thefiringline.com? If it happens again, edit your post and note that it happened more than twice. We should probably be redirecting one of those hostnames to the other to avoid having two sets of cookies. Who knows what kind of grief that's causing people. It might also even be responsible for this security token business. I will look into the security token thing more closely. Won't be tonight though. __________________ Proud reseller of little geisha dolls with big heads that wobble. "Want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? Make fewer felons in the first place." --Vanya

March 18, 2010, 01:07 PM	#19
Vanya Staff Join Date: July 7, 2008 Location: Upper midwest Posts: 2,607	I too had to log in when I came back yesterday after seeing a notice about the software upgrade -- just assumed it was a cookie-reset thing related to the upgrade. But I haven't seen anything about a security token, missing or otherwise... I feel a bit left out. __________________ Thomas Jefferson never said that. http://www.monticello.org/site/jeffe...ous-quotations

March 18, 2010, 04:14 PM	#21
Vanya Staff Join Date: July 7, 2008 Location: Upper midwest Posts: 2,607	Hah! Yes, I just found it, and it does have your name on it. You can have it back -- for a price.... __________________ Thomas Jefferson never said that. http://www.monticello.org/site/jeffe...ous-quotations

March 18, 2010, 06:49 PM	#22
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 14,083	peetza - what Vanya has is only a token of your security, if you want your real security back, I've got it! And it will cost you even more than he was going to charge!

March 18, 2010, 06:56 PM	#23
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,516	Bah! I'll just go down to Chuckie Cheese's and get a new one! They're only a quarter! __________________ Still happily answering to the call-sign Peetza. --- You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body. -C.S. Lewis He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to gain what he can not lose. -Jim Eliott, paraphrasing Philip Henry.

March 18, 2010, 08:10 PM	#24
Vanya Staff Join Date: July 7, 2008 Location: Upper midwest Posts: 2,607	You'll regret it someday. The original tokens will appreciate in value, as they're very collectible -- not to mention the sentimental value of the one that was yours... __________________ Thomas Jefferson never said that. http://www.monticello.org/site/jeffe...ous-quotations

March 18, 2010, 10:27 PM	#25
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 14,083	Ok guys, we're all getting a little silly and definitely OT. Back to the original discussion of missing security tokens ....