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Is the sessionState cookie a security risk.We had an outside security analysis done and they doscoverd the session
cookie set by the session state feature. Business/Marketing does not want us to use the cookieless option where the sessionid is moved into the URL. Are we at risk of session hijacking? The people that performed the security audit recomend encrypting the session cookie, but I don't think that is an option. Any advice would be gretaly appreciated IIS does not have a session state feature nor session state cookie.
The concept of a "session" is at the application layer, not HTTP layer where IIS runs, so IIS does not have a session state feature and hence cannot have a session state security risk. Your question completely depends on the application framework you run on top of IIS. I am guessing that you are talking about an ASP.Net application, and if so, you should consult the Forums at www.asp.net or microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet for better support for your question. My understanding is that ASP.Net Sessions are configurable to be as secure as you define. Security is never an absolute yes/no -- it is a inherently a tradeoff between risk and cost. You need to first define your own tradeoff point, and then configure technology to meet your needs. -- //David IIS http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. // "RobAbbott@ElementK" <RobAbbott@Eleme***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in We had an outside security analysis done and they doscoverd the sessionmessage news:FE209C45-559D-4F12-A933-29C3E6BCEF71@microsoft.com... cookie set by the session state feature. Business/Marketing does not want us to use the cookieless option where the sessionid is moved into the URL. Are we at risk of session hijacking? The people that performed the security audit recomend encrypting the session cookie, but I don't think that is an option. Any advice would be gretaly appreciated
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