OpenSSO Enterprise Session Cookies Involved in Issuing Unique SSO Tokens

When OpenSSO Enterprise is configured to issue unique SSO tokens for each Application/Agent, the following cookies are involved:

Cookie Name	Cookie Value (place holder)	Example Cookie Domain Information
iPlanetDirectoryPro	SSO-token	OpenssoHost.example.com

The value of this cookie, which is represented in the preceding table with the place holder SSO-token, is the actual value of the token. The domain is set to the host name of the OpenSSO Enterprise instance where the user was authenticated.




Cookie Name	Cookie Value (place holder)	Example Cookie Domain Information
iPlanetDirectoryPro	restricted-SSO-token	agentHost.example.com

The value of this cookie, which is represented in the preceding table with the place holder restricted-SSO-token, is the actual value of the token. The domain is set to the host name of the agent instance for which the restricted token is issued.




Cookie Name	Example Cookie Value	Example Cookie Domain Information
sunIdentityServerAuthNServer	https://OpenssoHost.example.com:8080	.example.com

The value of this cookie, which is represented in the preceding table with the example URL https://OpenssoHost.example.com:8080, is the URL of the OpenSSO Enterprise instance where the user was authenticated. The protocol used for this particular example is HTTPS while the port number is a non-default example, 8080. The domain must be set such that it covers all the instances of OpenSSO Enterprise installed on the network.