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Re: preserve login from app to app?


  • Subject: Re: preserve login from app to app?
  • From: Chuck Hill <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 17:57:57 -0700

This is secure and easy to implement:
 http://www.umich.edu/~umweb/software/cosign/

We use it for http://www.gvcsitemaker.com as seen at http://sitemaker.umich.edu


Chuck


On Apr 5, 2004, at 6:20 PM, Greg Smith wrote:

I would like to add a link in one app to go to another app and preserve the fact that the person has logged in.

Direct Action - it would seem anything I sent with the DA will compromise the security credentials

Cookies - seems safer but I believe even a session cookie is stored for a short time. A hacker could look at that cookie and decipher how I identify and authorize the user. Then substitute to gain access.

Use a database table - I could store a code indicating user X was just logged in to app A then when they access app B verify existence in data base.

These all seem a bit "rube goldberg" to me.

Does anyone know the "right" way to transfer to a second app while preserving some login and identity knowledge? Thanks.

Greg
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