Robert Szelepcsenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I use the module on a reverse proxy and the target server asks
> for authentication, the cookie is invalidated as soon as the user
> tries to authenticate to the target server, because the
> username/password pair is replaced.

  Then I guess you can't use username/password authentication.

> The question is whether including username/password in the public
> information really helps to prevent spoofing the cookie, as this
> information can easily be replicated in any request.

  It helps, but it's not a strong "help".

>  What I need is to push all relevant information to cookies and
> "clear" this path. The radius module can be easily modified to
> behave in this way. Just I am not sure about security issues
> involved.

  For a reverse proxy, it won't matter too much if you don't make the
cookie dpend on username & password.

  Alan DeKok.


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