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+<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_session_crypto</h1>
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+<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_session_crypto.html" title="English">&nbsp;en&nbsp;</a> |
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+<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Session encryption support</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>session_crypto_module</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_session_crypto.c</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.3 and later</td></tr></table>
+<h3>Summary</h3>
+
+ <div class="warning"><h3>Warning</h3>
+ <p>The session modules make use of HTTP cookies, and as such can fall
+ victim to Cross Site Scripting attacks, or expose potentially private
+ information to clients. Please ensure that the relevant risks have
+ been taken into account before enabling the session functionality on
+ your server.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <p>This submodule of <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_session.html">mod_session</a></code> provides support for the
+ encryption of user sessions before being written to a local database, or
+ written to a remote browser via an HTTP cookie.</p>
+
+ <p>This can help provide privacy to user sessions where the contents of
+ the session should be kept private from the user, or where protection is
+ needed against the effects of cross site scripting attacks.</p>
+
+ <p>For more details on the session interface, see the documentation for
+ the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_session.html">mod_session</a></code> module.</p>
+
+</div>
+<div id="quickview"><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html" class="badge"><img src="https://www.apache.org/images/SupportApache-small.png" alt="Support Apache!" /></a><h3>Topics</h3>
+<ul id="topics">
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#basicusage">Basic Usage</a></li>
+</ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
+<ul id="toc">
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#sessioncryptocipher">SessionCryptoCipher</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#sessioncryptodriver">SessionCryptoDriver</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#sessioncryptopassphrase">SessionCryptoPassphrase</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#sessioncryptopassphrasefile">SessionCryptoPassphraseFile</a></li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&amp;list_id=144532&amp;product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;query_format=specific&amp;order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&amp;component=mod_session_crypto">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;component=mod_session_crypto">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
+<ul class="seealso">
+<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_session.html">mod_session</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_session_cookie.html">mod_session_cookie</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_session_dbd.html">mod_session_dbd</a></code></li>
+<li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="section">
+<h2><a name="basicusage" id="basicusage">Basic Usage</a></h2>
+
+ <p>To create a simple encrypted session and store it in a cookie called
+ <var>session</var>, configure the session as follows:</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>Browser based encrypted session</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Session On
+SessionCookieName session path=/
+SessionCryptoPassphrase secret</pre>
+</div>
+
+ <p>The session will be encrypted with the given key. Different servers can
+ be configured to share sessions by ensuring the same encryption key is used
+ on each server.</p>
+
+ <p>If the encryption key is changed, sessions will be invalidated
+ automatically.</p>
+
+ <p>For documentation on how the session can be used to store username
+ and password details, see the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_form.html">mod_auth_form</a></code> module.</p>
+
+ </div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SessionCryptoCipher" id="SessionCryptoCipher">SessionCryptoCipher</a> <a name="sessioncryptocipher" id="sessioncryptocipher">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The crypto cipher to be used to encrypt the session</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SessionCryptoCipher <var>name</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>aes256</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_session_crypto</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.3.0 and later</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">SessionCryptoCipher</code> directive allows the cipher to
+ be used during encryption. If not specified, the cipher defaults to
+ <code>aes256</code>.</p>
+
+ <p>Possible values depend on the crypto driver in use, and could be one of:</p>
+
+ <ul><li>3des192</li><li>aes128</li><li>aes192</li><li>aes256</li></ul>
+
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SessionCryptoDriver" id="SessionCryptoDriver">SessionCryptoDriver</a> <a name="sessioncryptodriver" id="sessioncryptodriver">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The crypto driver to be used to encrypt the session</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SessionCryptoDriver <var>name</var> <var>[param[=value]]</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_session_crypto</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.3.0 and later</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">SessionCryptoDriver</code> directive specifies the name of
+ the crypto driver to be used for encryption. If not specified, the driver defaults
+ to the recommended driver compiled into APR-util.</p>
+
+ <p>The <var>NSS</var> crypto driver requires some parameters for configuration,
+ which are specified as parameters with optional values after the driver name.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>NSS without a certificate database</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SessionCryptoDriver nss</pre>
+</div>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>NSS with certificate database</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SessionCryptoDriver nss dir=certs</pre>
+</div>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>NSS with certificate database and parameters</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SessionCryptoDriver nss dir=certs key3=key3.db cert7=cert7.db secmod=secmod</pre>
+</div>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>NSS with paths containing spaces</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SessionCryptoDriver nss "dir=My Certs" key3=key3.db cert7=cert7.db secmod=secmod</pre>
+</div>
+
+ <p>The <var>NSS</var> crypto driver might have already been
+ configured by another part of the server, for example from
+ <code>mod_nss</code> or <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ldap.html">mod_ldap</a></code>. If found to
+ have already been configured, a warning will be logged, and the
+ existing configuration will have taken affect. To avoid this
+ warning, use the noinit parameter as follows.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>NSS with certificate database</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SessionCryptoDriver nss noinit</pre>
+</div>
+
+ <p>To prevent confusion, ensure that all modules requiring NSS are configured with
+ identical parameters.</p>
+
+ <p>The <var>openssl</var> crypto driver supports an optional parameter to specify
+ the engine to be used for encryption.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>OpenSSL with engine support</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SessionCryptoDriver openssl engine=name</pre>
+</div>
+
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SessionCryptoPassphrase" id="SessionCryptoPassphrase">SessionCryptoPassphrase</a> <a name="sessioncryptopassphrase" id="sessioncryptopassphrase">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The key used to encrypt the session</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SessionCryptoPassphrase <var>secret</var> [ <var>secret</var> ... ] </code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_session_crypto</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.3.0 and later</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">SessionCryptoPassphrase</code> directive specifies the keys
+ to be used to enable symmetrical encryption on the contents of the session before
+ writing the session, or decrypting the contents of the session after reading the
+ session.</p>
+
+ <p>Keys are more secure when they are long, and consist of truly random characters.
+ Changing the key on a server has the effect of invalidating all existing sessions.</p>
+
+ <p>Multiple keys can be specified in order to support key rotation. The first key
+ listed will be used for encryption, while all keys listed will be attempted for
+ decryption. To rotate keys across multiple servers over a period of time, add a new
+ secret to the end of the list, and once rolled out completely to all servers, remove
+ the first key from the start of the list.</p>
+
+ <p>As of version 2.4.7 if the value begins with <var>exec:</var> the resulting command
+ will be executed and the first line returned to standard output by the program will be
+ used as the key.</p>
+<div class="example"><pre>#key used as-is
+SessionCryptoPassphrase secret
+
+#Run /path/to/program to get key
+SessionCryptoPassphrase exec:/path/to/program
+
+#Run /path/to/otherProgram and provide arguments
+SessionCryptoPassphrase "exec:/path/to/otherProgram argument1"</pre></div>
+
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SessionCryptoPassphraseFile" id="SessionCryptoPassphraseFile">SessionCryptoPassphraseFile</a> <a name="sessioncryptopassphrasefile" id="sessioncryptopassphrasefile">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>File containing keys used to encrypt the session</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SessionCryptoPassphraseFile <var>filename</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_session_crypto</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.3.0 and later</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">SessionCryptoPassphraseFile</code> directive specifies the
+ name of a configuration file containing the keys to use for encrypting or decrypting
+ the session, specified one per line. The file is read on server start, and a graceful
+ restart will be necessary for httpd to pick up changes to the keys.</p>
+
+ <p>Unlike the <code class="directive">SessionCryptoPassphrase</code> directive, the keys are
+ not exposed within the httpd configuration and can be hidden by protecting the file
+ appropriately.</p>
+
+ <p>Multiple keys can be specified in order to support key rotation. The first key
+ listed will be used for encryption, while all keys listed will be attempted for
+ decryption. To rotate keys across multiple servers over a period of time, add a new
+ secret to the end of the list, and once rolled out completely to all servers, remove
+ the first key from the start of the list.</p>
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+
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