Protocol for failover cookies

Failover authentication cookies are disabled by default. To enable failover cookies, edit the WebSEAL configuration file.

In the [failover] stanza, specify a value that instructs WebSEAL how to handle requests with failover cookies. The following table shows the valid values.

Stanza Entry	Description
failover-auth = http	Failover cookies enabled over HTTP protocol.
failover-auth = https	Failover cookies enabled over HTTPS (SSL) protocol.
failover-auth = both	Failover cookies enabled over both HTTP and HTTPS (SSL) protocol.

Enabling failover authentication to either HTTP or HTTPS causes cookies to be written to clients connecting over all protocols. The value specified in the failover-auth stanza entry dictates the protocol over which cookies will be accepted for authentication during a failover authentication event.

Parent topic: Failover authentication configuration