RE: session fixation bug fix - questions

2011-03-10 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: bradford [mailto:fingerm...@gmail.com] > Subject: Re: session fixation bug fix - questions > What type of authentication are you referring to? Any container-managed authentication. If your webapp is doing its own, then you're in control. > Are you talking about th

Re: session fixation bug fix - questions

2011-03-10 Thread bradford
Thanks, Mark. What type of authentication are you referring to? Are you talking about the first time they access the Tomcat server? Or some sort of authentication I control in my application code? I would like to use this feature. Should I just turn it on and see what happens? Is there a test

Re: session fixation bug fix - questions

2011-03-10 Thread Mark Thomas
On 10/03/2011 18:03, bradford wrote: > I see that a session fixation fix [1] was backported into 5.5.29, but > is disabled by default. > > 1) Why is this disabled by default? Because things may blow up. Apps should handle this but... > 2) Can I just turn it on and have all my problems solved? O

session fixation bug fix - questions

2011-03-10 Thread bradford
I see that a session fixation fix [1] was backported into 5.5.29, but is disabled by default. 1) Why is this disabled by default? 2) Can I just turn it on and have all my problems solved? Or could things blow up? 3) What is the authentication step the bug fix is referring to? [1] https://issues.