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
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--- 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">
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