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<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_session_crypto</h1>
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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>
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<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>
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<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
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<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>
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<h3>Topics</h3>
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<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#basicusage">Basic Usage</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>
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<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><p><code>
Session On<br />
SessionCookieName session path=/<br />
SessionCryptoPassphrase secret
</code></p></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>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SessionCryptoCipher" id="SessionCryptoCipher">SessionCryptoCipher</a> <a name="sessioncryptocipher" id="sessioncryptocipher">Directive</a></h2>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SessionCryptoDriver" id="SessionCryptoDriver">SessionCryptoDriver</a> <a name="sessioncryptodriver" id="sessioncryptodriver">Directive</a></h2>
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<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>
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<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><p><code>
SessionCryptoDriver nss
</code></p></div>
<div class="example"><h3>NSS with certificate database</h3><p><code>
SessionCryptoDriver nss dir=certs
</code></p></div>
<div class="example"><h3>NSS with certificate database and parameters</h3><p><code>
SessionCryptoDriver nss dir=certs key3=key3.db cert7=cert7.db secmod=secmod
</code></p></div>
<div class="example"><h3>NSS with paths containing spaces</h3><p><code>
SessionCryptoDriver nss "dir=My Certs" key3=key3.db cert7=cert7.db secmod=secmod
</code></p></div>
<p>The <var>NSS</var> crypto driver might have already been configured by another
part of the server, for example from <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_nss.html">mod_nss</a></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><p><code>
SessionCryptoDriver nss noinit
</code></p></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><p><code>
SessionCryptoDriver openssl engine=name
</code></p></div>
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<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>
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