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Jan Lehnardt resolved COUCHDB-1073.
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Resolution: Not A Problem
Since CouchDB doesn't track any /_session state, an explicit logout isn't
possible. The default timeout for sessions is 10 minutes, if that is a hazard,
you can reduce it in the config.
> DELETE _session doesn't delete the session. Client can still get user
> information using GET _session and with the session cookie retrieved.
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> Key: COUCHDB-1073
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1073
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Johnny Weng Luu
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> When using DELETE _session CouchDB only sends a empty session cookie back.
> But if I use the original session cookie when using GET _session I can still
> get the user information.
> https://gist.github.com/838996
> This could be a security flaw because when the user leaves the computer a
> hacker can check out the session cookie and log in to account.
> Very bad if it's a very sensitive web application like financial.
> Isn't it better to just delete the session internally in couchdb when DELETE
> _session is used. Then that session cookie the hacker gets won't matter
> because the session is already gone.
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