> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 10:48 AM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: Post Session Id
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> Wesley,
> 
> On 3/30/15 3:57 AM, Wesley Acheson wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:17 AM, Christopher Schultz <
> > ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote:
> >
> > Wesley,
> >
> > On 3/29/15 1:15 PM, Wesley Acheson wrote:
> >>>> A team I am working with use tomcat 7 as their web container.
> >>>> The application cannot use url session tracking due to
> >>>> compliance reasons.
> >>>>
> >>>> One of the requirements we are facing is that the
> >>>> application should work in an iframe on the safari web
> >>>> browser, which blocks all cookies.
> >
> > Do you mean that Safari has been configured to block all cookies?
> > Because Safari won't block cookies just because you are using an
> > <iframe
> >>>> .
> >
> >
> >> Should have said its a third party domain name. That can't change
> >> easily. Should have wrote Safari blocks all third party cookies.
> 
> Okay, that explains it.
> 
> Let me ask you... why is a path parameter (;jsessionid=f00)
> unacceptable but not a request parameter? Or if it that you want to
> have the parameters be in POST-parameters only?
> 
> In terms of forgery and/or capturing session identifiers, there's
> really no difference from a security perspective of any of these
> strategies.
> 
> - -chris

I may be being a little naïve here, but would the sessionCookieDomain parameter 
of the <Context> element work for the OP here?

Jeff

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