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This<br />

value<br />

is<br />

set<br />

in<br />

the<br />

[failover]<br />

stanza<br />

in<br />

the<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

configuration<br />

file:<br />

[failover]<br />

failover-update-cookie<br />

=<br />

60<br />

The<br />

default<br />

value<br />

is<br />

60<br />

seconds.<br />

For<br />

more<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation,<br />

see<br />

“Add<br />

an<br />

interval<br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

updating<br />

the<br />

activity<br />

timestamp.”<br />

To<br />

add<br />

this<br />

value<br />

to<br />

the<br />

failover<br />

authentication<br />

cookie,<br />

add<br />

the<br />

following<br />

entry<br />

to<br />

the<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

configuration<br />

file:<br />

[failover-add-attributes]<br />

session-activity-timestamp<br />

=<br />

add<br />

Note<br />

that<br />

this<br />

attribute<br />

cannot<br />

be<br />

set<br />

by<br />

wildcard<br />

matching.<br />

The<br />

exact<br />

entry<br />

session-activity-timestamp<br />

must<br />

be<br />

entered.<br />

Note:<br />

When<br />

you<br />

set<br />

failover-update-cookie<br />

to<br />

a<br />

number<br />

greater<br />

than<br />

zero,<br />

ensure<br />

that<br />

you<br />

also<br />

set<br />

session-activity-timestamp<br />

=<br />

add.<br />

If<br />

you<br />

do<br />

not<br />

set<br />

session-activity-timestamp<br />

=<br />

add,<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

will<br />

decode<br />

the<br />

failover<br />

cookie<br />

on<br />

each<br />

user<br />

access.<br />

This<br />

could<br />

adversely<br />

affect<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance.<br />

Add<br />

an<br />

interval<br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

updating<br />

the<br />

activity<br />

timestamp<br />

Optionally,<br />

the<br />

session<br />

activity<br />

timestamp<br />

in<br />

the<br />

failover<br />

cookie<br />

can<br />

be<br />

updated<br />

during<br />

the<br />

user’s<br />

session.<br />

This<br />

entry<br />

contains<br />

an<br />

integer<br />

value<br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

interval<br />

(in<br />

seconds)<br />

between<br />

updating<br />

the<br />

failover<br />

cookie’s<br />

activity<br />

timestamp.<br />

The<br />

default<br />

entry<br />

is:<br />

[failover]<br />

failover-update-cookie<br />

=<br />

60<br />

When<br />

failover-update-cookie<br />

is<br />

set<br />

to<br />

0,<br />

the<br />

last<br />

activity<br />

timestamp<br />

is<br />

updated<br />

with<br />

each<br />

request.<br />

When<br />

failover-update-cookie<br />

is<br />

set<br />

to<br />

an<br />

integer<br />

less<br />

than<br />

0<br />

(any<br />

negative<br />

number),<br />

the<br />

last<br />

activity<br />

timestamp<br />

is<br />

never<br />

updated.<br />

When<br />

failover-update-cookie<br />

is<br />

set<br />

to<br />

an<br />

integer<br />

greater<br />

than<br />

0,<br />

the<br />

session<br />

activity<br />

timestamp<br />

in<br />

the<br />

cookie<br />

is<br />

updated<br />

at<br />

intervals<br />

of<br />

this<br />

number<br />

of<br />

seconds.<br />

The<br />

value<br />

chosen<br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

this<br />

stanza<br />

entry<br />

can<br />

affect<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance.<br />

See<br />

“Addition<br />

of<br />

data<br />

to<br />

a<br />

failover<br />

cookie”<br />

on<br />

page<br />

168.<br />

Note:<br />

When<br />

you<br />

set<br />

failover-update-cookie<br />

to<br />

a<br />

number<br />

greater<br />

than<br />

zero,<br />

ensure<br />

that<br />

you<br />

also<br />

set<br />

session-activity-timestamp<br />

=<br />

add.<br />

If<br />

you<br />

do<br />

not<br />

set<br />

session-activity-timestamp<br />

=<br />

add,<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

will<br />

decode<br />

the<br />

failover<br />

cookie<br />

on<br />

each<br />

user<br />

access.<br />

This<br />

could<br />

adversely<br />

affect<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance.<br />

See<br />

“Add<br />

the<br />

session<br />

activity<br />

timestamp”<br />

on<br />

page<br />

176.<br />

Add<br />

extended<br />

attributes<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

can<br />

optionally<br />

be<br />

configured<br />

to<br />

place<br />

a<br />

copy<br />

of<br />

specified<br />

extended<br />

attributes<br />

from<br />

a<br />

user<br />

credential<br />

into<br />

a<br />

failover<br />

authentication<br />

cookie.<br />

No<br />

extended<br />

attributes<br />

are<br />

configured<br />

by<br />

default.<br />

To<br />

add<br />

extended<br />

attributes,<br />

add<br />

entries<br />

to<br />

the<br />

[failover-add-attributes]<br />

stanza<br />

in<br />

the<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

configuration<br />

file.<br />

The<br />

syntax<br />

is:<br />

Chapter<br />

6.<br />

Authentication<br />

177

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