About Using Cookies with Siebel Business Applications
Siebel Business Applications running in the Web browser use cookies for a variety of purposes. This topic describes the types of cookies used and provides instructions for enabling cookies for Siebel CRM.
All cookies used by Siebel CRM are encrypted using standard encryption algorithms. Siebel CRM uses the following kinds of cookies:
Session cookie. Manages user sessions for Siebel Web Client users. For details, see Session Cookie.
Auto-login credential cookie. Stores user credentials for Siebel Web Client users. For details, see Auto-Login Credential Cookie.
Note: It is recommended that you always run Siebel applications using
HTTPS mode in order to mark cookies as secure. This ensures
that security does not mix secure and insecure content. Applications
run using HTTP mode will not mark cookies as secure.
Using cookies helps to maintains user session information. Browsers with cookies disabled cannot maintain a Siebel user session. Siebel does not support or recommend cookieless mode.