OK. Thanks to all.
Joe

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From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:40 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Cc: p...@pidster.com
Subject: Re: SessionID cookie not secure over SSL


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Joe,

On 10/28/2009 11:55 AM, Joe Wallace wrote:
> From Firefox Live HTTP Headers
> 
> Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=B4F06784FE4EAA0A7C9830BBF86D85B4; Path=/inetwork; 
> Secure
> Location: https://216.94.100.154/inetwork/Start.jsp
> 
> Hmmmm.  That looks like it is secure

Yup.

> My filter is getting this.
> 
>  Cookie0 name= JSESSIONID
>  Cookie0 value= B4F06784FE4EAA0A7C9830BBF86D85B4
>  Cookie0 isSecure = false

Aah, I see the problem: the cookie /is/ secure, but the browser doesn't
provide the "secure" flag when making a request, so the server has no
idea whether the cookie is in secure mode or not.

Rest assured that the browser will only send this cookie when using HTTPS.

- -chris
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