Netscape 4.7x limitation for use-same-session

Problem:

The use-same-session feature fails on Netscape Navigator Version 4.7x when requests made to WebSEAL include the port number in the URL, such as: http://webseal:80

Explanation:

When WebSEAL is configured for the default HTTP/HTTPS ports, and the port number is not included in the URL, the request succeeds. Requests fail when WebSEAL is configured on non-default ports and the use-same-session = yes configuration option is enabled.

Netscape 4.7x does not consider host names with non-standard port numbers to be in the same domain as those with different port numbers. For example, when you access:

https://hostname:443

WebSEAL sets a cookie. When you later access:

http://hostname:80

Netscape does not send the cookie because domain:80 is not the same as domain:443.

Workaround:

Upgrade to Netscape Navigator version 6.2, or higher.

Parent topic: Maintain session state in non-clustered environments