Thanks Jarod!  This looks like just what I need.  I'll go study now...

K.C.

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Jarod Malestein <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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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