Web Browser

A supported web browser is the primary means by which end users access PeopleSoft applications and system administrators access administrative tools. You do not need to install other software on the workstation running the browser, such as connectivity software or downloaded applets.

The PeopleSoft system sends only the following to the browser:

• HTML

• JavaScript

• Cookies

Because the browser processes only this basic internet content, the client workstation is not burdened with unnecessary processing responsibility. All processing occurs at the server level.

After the system authenticates a user during sign-in, PeopleTools security deploys web browser cookies to store a unique access token for each user session. As the user navigates around the system, perhaps to a separate PeopleSoft application, the token in the browser cookie is used to reauthenticate the user and bypass the sign-in process. The browser authentication cookie is:

• an in-memory cookie, never written to disk.

• encrypted to prevent snooping.

• check-summed to prevent tampering.

Note:

To access PeopleSoft applications, the browser option to allow session cookies must be enabled.