ace00002.gif Distributing WebID Cookies


When a tokenholder enters a valid PASSCODE in the Web authentication prompt, the Web server gives him or her a “cookie.” The cookie is stored in the tokenholder’s Web browser and acts as an admission ticket, passing user authentication information to the server every time a SecurID-protected file or directory is encountered. As a result, the tokenholder is prompted only once for a PASSCODE during the administrator-defined period for which the cookie is valid.

ace00005.gif Note: In order for cookies to work, tokenholders must be using a Web browser that supports HTML forms and Persistent Client State HTTP Cookies. See Requirements for WebID Users for more information about supported browsers.


Configuring cookie expiration

Distributing Domain cookies

Users cannot authenticate

Writing ACE/Agent-friendly HTML pages