Add a /user_actions page. This page shows you a global timeline of
(almost) all activity on the site, including uploads, comments, votes,
edits, forum posts, and so on.
The main things it doesn't include are post edits, pool edits, and
favorites (posts and pools live in a separate database, and favorites
don't have the timestamps we need for ordering).
This page is useful for moderation purposes because it lets you see a
history of almost all of a user's activity on a single page.
Currently this page is mod-only. In the future it will be open to all
users, so you can view the history of your own site activity, or the
activity of others.
Add tracking of certain important user actions. These events include:
* Logins
* Logouts
* Failed login attempts
* Account creations
* Account deletions
* Password reset requests
* Password changes
* Email address changes
This is similar to the mod actions log, except for account activity
related to a single user.
The information tracked includes the user, the event type (login,
logout, etc), the timestamp, the user's IP address, IP geolocation
information, the user's browser user agent, and the user's session ID
from their session cookie. This information is visible to mods only.
This is done with three models. The UserEvent model tracks the event
type (login, logout, password change, etc) and the user. The UserEvent
is tied to a UserSession, which contains the user's IP address and
browser metadata. Finally, the IpGeolocation model contains the
geolocation information for IPs, including the city, country, ISP, and
whether the IP is a proxy.
This tracking will be used for a few purposes:
* Letting users view their account history, to detect things like logins
from unrecognized IPs, failed logins attempts, password changes, etc.
* Rate limiting failed login attempts.
* Detecting sockpuppet accounts using their login history.
* Detecting unauthorized account sharing.
