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| author | Bert JW Regeer <bertjw@regeer.org> | 2013-02-01 17:38:11 -0700 |
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| committer | Bert JW Regeer <bertjw@regeer.org> | 2013-02-02 00:42:44 -0700 |
| commit | 918c9d9dd632d346909d2429647758352d753a42 (patch) | |
| tree | c7d1c93d93f5070c77292902e02c3dad474ac0a3 | |
| parent | 2bee32671eac872489f19a08e326e407d400a525 (diff) | |
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Update documentation for include_ip
Add a note that using the include_ip functionality with IPv6 is not a
good idea due to the users network expiring IPv6 addresses quickly.
See preferred lifetime/valid lifetime for routers doing SLAAC in IPv6
for more information.
| -rw-r--r-- | pyramid/authentication.py | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pyramid/authentication.py b/pyramid/authentication.py index 4f6ed2c1d..190298f98 100644 --- a/pyramid/authentication.py +++ b/pyramid/authentication.py @@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ class AuthTktAuthenticationPolicy(CallbackAuthenticationPolicy): Default: ``False``. Make the requesting IP address part of the authentication data in the cookie. Optional. + For IPv6 this option is not recommended. It ties the authentication + ticket to that individual's IPv6 address. Depending on the network they + are on, the IPv6 address that a user is using may expire quickly. + ``timeout`` Default: ``None``. Maximum number of seconds which a newly |