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A login session is a glorified cookie. To provide some added security, you can determine the location and time duration for your session. The duration choices are 'Lasts Forever' and 'Closes With Browser' and should be pretty self-explanatory. The former is good if you are the only person using your computer. The latter is nice if you are slightly paranoid, or often log in from remote terminals.

The second decision is your location. The first choice is 'Never Moves' which basically means you have a static IP and you never log out of Slashdot or share your computer. The second choice is 'Moves within Subnet' which is useful if you have a desktop and never log out, but your ISP likes to change your IP on you occasionally. The last choice is 'Follows me Everywhere' which is the choice for machines that move from network to network. This last option is the least secure, but oh-so convenient. It is also the default.