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allow to override 'cookies="false"' on a per session basis.

           Summary: allow to override 'cookies="false"' on a per session
                    basis.
           Product: Struts
           Version: 1.0 Final
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Controller
        AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


In my web-application I want to cater to as privacy-sensitive users one can imagine.
Unfortunately, most browsers do not allow to have their built-in cookie filters
distinguish between session cookies (relatively innocuous) and lasting cookies
that can be quite harmful for privacy.

As a consequence, in my server.xml, I set as a site-wide policy
<Context path=... cookies="false"
Such that no cookie acceptance prompt ever will be triggered.

This rewriting (URL Encoding) of jsessionid, however opens other risks such as
session hijacking if a user inadvertently discloses a full URL and an attacker
exploits it before session timeout (one solution to all of this would hopefully
be in the future http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22649).

Therefore, I would like those users who want to avoid these risks or who do have
a cookie filter that can distinguish between the two cookie classes to switch
back to cookie based session management on a per-user/session basis.

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