Setting the UseSecureCookies parameter configures a Web Agent to only return a local cookie to a requesting browser session if the connection between them is secure (HTTPS); if the Web Agent is also configured as a cookie provider, UseSecureCookies does not apply to redirected requests for access to resources in other cookie domains.
To configure a Web Agent acting as a cookie provider to only return cookies to a Web Agent in another cookie domain if that Web Agent is also configured to use secure cookies, you must enable UseSecureCookies and also configure the following parameter:
If UseSecureCPCookies is set to Yes, the cookie provider will only send a cookie to a Web Agent in another cookie domain that is also configured to use secure cookies (that is, UseSecureCookies is enabled).
When this setting and UseSecureCookies are both enabled, users in a multiple domain single sign-on environment who move from an SSL web server to a non-SSL web server in another cookie domain will have to reauthenticate. Secure cookies cannot be passed over traditional HTTP connections.
Default: No
To send cookies over SSL connections across multiple domains, set the UseSecureCookies and UseSecureCPCookies to yes on the cookie provider.
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