Controlling Whether the temporary session cache cookies are single use

We can control whether the client can access an entry in the temporary session cache more than once. If we are sharing sessions with Microsoft Office applications, configure WebSEAL to accept multiple accesses to the temporary session cookie.

The temporary session cache stores a short-lived session. WebSEAL uses this cache to create an intermediate session that maps between the short-lived session and the standard session. The index into the temporary session cache is returned to the client as a persistent cookie.

Steps

1. Locate the [session] stanza in the WebSEAL configuration file.

2. Set the temp-session-one-time-use entry to one of the following values:

   true

   The client can use the temporary session cookie one time.

   false

   The client can access and use the temporary session entry multiple times until temp-session-max-lifetime expires. Use this setting if we want to share sessions with Microsoft Office applications, such as Microsoft SharePoint.

Example

In the following example, WebSEAL creates a single-use cookie in the temporary session cache:

[session]
temp-session-one-time-use = true

Parent topic: Configure the temporary session cache