Re: Session Issue bug found

Christoph Zwerschke <[email protected]> Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:32:51 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.webware
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Sophana wrote:
> Christoph Zwerschke a écrit :
>> Maybe we should make '/' the default CookiePath again instead of None 
>> (automatic determination)? This is less secure, but at least it will 
>> always work (Microsoft policy ;-) This issue has already caused too much 
>> confusion in the past.
>>   
> Could you tell us more about this security problem?

The problem with the session cookie path is explained in this document:
http://www.net-security.org/dl/articles/cookie_path.pdf

-- Christoph

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