Cosign supports proxy cookies.  A cosign filter can request service  
cookies on behalf of a user.  This must be configured centrally:

For version 2.x.x, a line such as this will enable proxy cookie  
retrieval:

service         webapp.example.org      P       /etc/cosign/webapp.proxy


In 3.x.x this is changed to:

proxy   [SSL certificate common name]   /path/to/proxyfile


webapp.proxy would be a file specifying the hostnames and service  
names that webapp.example.org can retrieve proxy cookies for:

webapp2.example.org     cosign-webapp2
mail.example.org                cosign-mail


On the filter side, you need to tell the filter to RETRieve the proxy  
cookies:
CosignGetProxyCookies   on

IISCosign and JavaCosign also support proxy cookie retrieval.



Jarod


On Mar 30, 2009, at 5:08 PM, Kevin Coffman wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> The situation I am in is that a user goes to server A (cosign
> protected) and then selects an option to cause a redirect to server B
> (also cosign protected).  Server B then wants to transfer files from
> server A to itself "on behalf of the user".  My first thought was to
> have server A supply the cosign cookie to server B (via information in
> the redirect), but if I recall correctly the cookies are tied to an IP
> address, and therefore this wouldn't work.  Am I remembering that
> correctly?
>
> I am aware of the proxy service that cosignd provides which delegates
> a user's Kerberos credentials to a cosign-protected server to perform
> actions on a user's behalf.  This assumes that the end service
> requires Kerberos authentication.  I'm in a situation where I have two
> cosign-protected servers and want to be able to proxy from one server
> to the other.  Is this possible?
>
> Thanks for any pointers!
> K.C.
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