The difference is:

<forms name=".DOTNETNUKE" protection="All" timeout="10" cookieless="UseCookies" /> is the default time out on the login of the site.

If the user checks the remember me check box on the login page. DNN goes with

<add key="PersistentCookieTimeout" value="0" />

as the timeout.

It's a solution for wanting to allow people the option to remain logged in longer on some machines and less on others.

For example if I am at a public library and am on one of their machines. I do not check the remember me. This way the cookie created uses the forms name version / short time out.

While when at home I use the remember login option and it keeps me logged into the site for 2 days. On my machine.

I will do some follow-up research on the issues between IE and firefox, but note IE and firefox handle just about everything differently. It's like comparing a 2000 mac vs a 2000 PC. Nothing was the same between them.

Brandon, your post was blank. KeeperOfStars, thank you for explaining the 2 settings. As far as Firefox/Netscape goes, I've been in touch with Cathal and it looks like there's a long-standing bug in Firefox where it pulls the page from the memory-cache of recently viewed pages i.e. the page isn’t cached in the filesystem, but it is stored in RAM and can then be retrieved from it.  According to Cathal, Firefox is not respecting the cacheability setting (which is a W3C specification -http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html).  Don't know about Netscape/Opera/Safari and the other browsers out there.

The good news is that Cathal is trying something to get around the issue. I will be waiting till the issue is resolved. However, in case its not then I feel we should educate DNN users especially admin/host to either use only IE or at least close the browser after a logout. This will be an addition to the

Cathall / iadalang / myself lol

Any of us tried / tested the issue with firefox 3.0? I know firefox 3.0 is going to be a huge step / move forward with the browser. I had it loaded on my system, but removed it cause half my needed well enjoyed add-ons dont have updates for it. yet.

I will try loading it back on my virtual pc though and see if they have it resolved with version 3.0.