Hi Patricia,

Thanks for helping test that theory.

-alex

On Oct 28, 11:02 am, "Patricia Goldweic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Alex,
> That's what I've been doing all along, unfortunately :-(. So I guess the
> answer to your question is that the problem is still there. Thanks for
> looking into this,
> -Patricia
>
> Patricia Goldweic
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex (Google)
> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:13 PM
> > To: Google Apps APIs
> > Subject: [google-apps-apis] Re: SSO and security
>
> > Hi Brian, Patricia,
>
> > Can you change your hard-coded RelayState from:
>
> >http://mail.google.com/...
>
> > to the actual RelayState which comes with the SAMLRequest?
>
> > To see what this value is, go to the service URL (without signing in
> > first):
>
> >http://mail.google.com/a/yourdomain.com
>
> > You'll be redirected to your SSO Sigin-in URL with the
> > SAMLRequest and RelayState parameters.
>
> > Take the RelayState parameter, URL-decode it, and replace
> > your current RelayState in the ACS URL form with this value.
>
> > Let me know if you still have this problem.  Thanks.
>
> > -alex
>
> > On Oct 20, 5:30 am, "Julian (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi,
>
> > > Thanks again for bringing this up, we keep track of this
> > requests to
> > > improve our products. Unfortunately there isn't a solution
> > for a user
> > > walking away with the session/browser open, at the moment
> > the best is
> > > to advise users to close the session/browser.
>
> > > Julian
>
> > > On Oct 17, 1:57 pm, "Patricia Goldweic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Everybody is experiencing the same issue, and I second
> > your request
> > > > to Google for some upgrade to their end that includes a
> > 'logout' of
> > > > some kind (clearing cookies as you suggest) before the
> > redirection
> > > > to the partner SSO happens. This would really help, and not just
> > > > with respect to security. For example, in our case, our
> > Google Apps
> > > > integration allows users to log in consecutively to different
> > > > accounts to share information with different university
> > courses, so we have the same kind of problem as you have.
> > > > -Patricia
>
> > > > Patricia Goldweic
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: [email protected]
> > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:25 PM
> > > > > To: Google Apps APIs
> > > > > Subject: [google-apps-apis] SSO and security
>
> > > > > Hi.
>
> > > > > We're experiencing the same issue as noted here
> > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-apis/msg/2a010bc76c
> > > > > 267588?pli=1.
>
> > > > > Simply stated, if a user browses away from their SSO
> > authenticated
> > > > > mail session and walks away from the computer, the next
> > person to
> > > > > sign on will get the previous users'  email.
>
> > > > > The responses I've seen so far haven't really addresses
> > the issue,
> > > > > since most require the user to click the sign out link in some
> > > > > way.
> > > > > It's inevitable that some will forget and we need something to
> > > > > mitigate the resulting security problems.
>
> > > > > Would it be possible for Google to add a bit of code on
> > their end,
> > > > > perhaps checking a parameter requesting a session clear?
> > > > > Something likehttp://www.google.com/a/abc.com/?clearstate
> > > > > and kill the session cookies before issuing a redirect
> > to our SSO?
> > > > > page.
>
> > > > > TIA
>
> > > > > -brian
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