Author: markt Date: Fri Oct 4 21:45:16 2013 New Revision: 1529317 URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1529317 Log: Expand note in docs regarding use of sessionCookiePath="/".
Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/context.xml Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/context.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/context.xml?rev=1529317&r1=1529316&r2=1529317&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/context.xml (original) +++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/context.xml Fri Oct 4 21:45:16 2013 @@ -448,6 +448,14 @@ useful for portlet specification implementations) set this attribute to <code>/</code> in the global <code>CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml</code> file.</p> + <p>Note: Once one web application using + <code>sessionCookiePath="/"</code> obtains a session, all + subsequent sessions for any other web application in the same host also + configured with <code>sessionCookiePath="/"</code> will always + use the same session ID. This holds even if the session is invalidated + and a new one created. This makes session fixation protection more + difficult and requires custom, Tomcat specific code to change the + session ID shared by the multiple applications.</p> </attribute> <attribute name="sessionCookiePathUsesTrailingSlash" required="false"> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org