Cwikius-Spring
/
spring-security
mirror of https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security.git
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

SEC-1660: Minor addition to FAQ text.

This commit is contained in:
Luke Taylor 2011-01-21 16:26:14 +00:00
parent b542c73907
commit 95b416b0e7
1 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

6
docs/faq/src/docbook/faq.xml
View File

@ -253,9 +253,9 @@
Starting a session in HTTP first should work as the session cookie won't
be marked as secure (you will also have to disable Spring Security's
<link xlink:href="http://static.springsource.org/spring-security/site/docs/3.1.x/reference/springsecurity-single.html#ns-session-fixation">
Session Fixation Protection</link> support to prevent it from creating a new secure session.
Note that this is not a good idea in general, as any application which uses HTTP at all is vulnerable to
man-in-the-middle attacks. To be truly secure, the user should begin accessing your site in HTTPS and continue
Session Fixation Protection</link> support to prevent it from creating a new secure session on login (you can always create a new session
yourself at a later stage). Note that switching between HTTP and HTTPS is not a good idea in general, as any application which uses
HTTP at all is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. To be truly secure, the user should begin accessing your site in HTTPS and continue
using it until they log out. Even clicking on an HTTPS link from a page accessed over HTTP is potentially risky.
If you need more convincing, check out a tool like <link xlink:href="http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/sslstrip/">sslstrip</link>.
</para></answer>