Go ahead.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Nuwan Bandara <nu...@wso2.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> Any concerns regarding this implementation ? If not we would like to
> proceed with completing this for the coming release.
>
> The respective Jira is at [1]
>
> Regards,
> /Nuwan
>
> [1] https://wso2.org/jira/browse/CARBON-8759
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Nuwan Bandara <nu...@wso2.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> In GS TODO list of improvements, we have the task of integrating
>> Remember-me functionality for the Gadget Server login page. Lalji had
>> investigated into integrating this feature, but have hit few blocking
>> points.
>>
>> The main reason why it is not straightforward in integrating as for other
>> products is that GS is running on HTTP. In carbon-core ui the remember me
>> cookie is set in secure context and GS cannot use this cookie directly. If
>> we are going to use it as it is now, we will have to save the cookie in a
>> non-secure context. I had a chat with DimuthuL, regarding this, since it
>> introduces a security whole, where an intruder can do replay attacks from
>> this cookie, and get into HTTPS running mgt console.
>>
>> The only solution is to implement the same functionality for HTTP with a
>> deferent cookie (UUID) and use it only for the HTTP session. If we are to
>> implement this feature, there are some changes to be done in Carbon-core
>> (Need to duplicate the same code which is done for HTTPS based remember-me).
>>
>> We would like to know, if we can do theses changes and replicate this
>> feature for HTTP context? or since we are closing the release dates should
>> we postpone this for the next release ?
>>
>> --
>> Thanks & Regards,
>>
>> Nuwan Bandara
>> Software Engineer
>> WSO2 Inc. | http://wso2.com
>> lean . enterprise . middleware
>>
>> http://www.nuwanbando.com
>>
>> <http://www.nuwanbando.com/>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Nuwan Bandara
> Software Engineer
> WSO2 Inc. | http://wso2.com
> lean . enterprise . middleware
>
> http://www.nuwanbando.com
>
> <http://www.nuwanbando.com/>
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