exactly how does VB authentification work?

[willms_jay]

Just wondering if someone can explain, in detail, how VB authenticates users just by including the global.php file.

1) If a user is not logged in, they are given the default login screen. (how the heck does that work... and then how are they re-directed to the original page?)

2) How does VB handle both sessions and cookies? (eg. if one user has cookies, or if a user has sessions...?)

Thanks guys.

..jordan

[filburt1]

1. It checks if you're cookied and acts appropriately.
2. It uses sessions unless you're a registered user who has specified that you want to use cookies. vB3 will autodetect if the user can use cookies or not.