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[Bug 1369870] Re: The "message" cookie is not marked as "secure"

 

The default value for SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE is False, but the deployment
guide advises changing it to True.

** Changed in: horizon
       Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix

** Changed in: horizon
     Assignee: Kent Wang (k.wang) => (unassigned)

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Title:
  The "message" cookie is not marked as "secure"

Status in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon):
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  The message cookie is not marked as 'secure', as identified by the
  following security report.  If might contain sensitive information,
  and would benefit from being marked as secure.

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  Affected URL: https://Ip_address/settings/
  Affected Entity: messages, django_timezone, horizon_pagesize, and horizon_language
  Risk: It may be possible to steal user and session information (cookies) that was sent during an encrypted session

  Causes: The web application sends non-secure cookies over SSL

  Recommend Fix: Add the 'Secure' attribute to all sensitive cookies

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