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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/todo/use_secure_cookies_for_ssl_logins.mdwn | 12 |
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diff --git a/doc/todo/use_secure_cookies_for_ssl_logins.mdwn b/doc/todo/use_secure_cookies_for_ssl_logins.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a91a15b98 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/use_secure_cookies_for_ssl_logins.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/ready/sslcookie-auto author="[[smcv]]"]] +[[!tag patch]] + +At the moment `sslcookie => 0` never creates secure cookies, so if you log in +with SSL, your browser will send the session cookie even over plain HTTP. +Meanwhile `sslcookie => 1` always creates secure cookies, so you can't +usefully log in over plain http. + +This branch adds `sslcookie => 0, sslcookie_auto => 1` as an option; this +uses the `HTTPS` environment variable, so if you log in over SSL you'll +get a secure session cookie, but if you log in over HTTP, you won't. +(The syntax for the setup file is pretty rubbish - any other suggestions?) |