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27 <div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_session_crypto</h1>
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32 <table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Session encryption support</td></tr>
33 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
34 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>session_crypto_module</td></tr>
35 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_session_crypto.c</td></tr>
36 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.3 and later</td></tr></table>
39 <div class="warning"><h3>Warning</h3>
40 <p>The session modules make use of HTTP cookies, and as such can fall
41 victim to Cross Site Scripting attacks, or expose potentially private
42 information to clients. Please ensure that the relevant risks have
43 been taken into account before enabling the session functionality on
47 <p>This submodule of <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_session.html">mod_session</a></code> provides support for the
48 encryption of user sessions before being written to a local database, or
49 written to a remote browser via an HTTP cookie.</p>
51 <p>This can help provide privacy to user sessions where the contents of
52 the session should be kept private from the user, or where protection is
53 needed against the effects of cross site scripting attacks.</p>
55 <p>For more details on the session interface, see the documentation for
56 the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_session.html">mod_session</a></code> module.</p>
59 <div id="quickview"><h3>Topics</h3>
61 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#basicusage">Basic Usage</a></li>
62 </ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
64 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#sessioncryptocipher">SessionCryptoCipher</a></li>
65 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#sessioncryptodriver">SessionCryptoDriver</a></li>
66 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#sessioncryptopassphrase">SessionCryptoPassphrase</a></li>
67 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#sessioncryptopassphrasefile">SessionCryptoPassphraseFile</a></li>
69 <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__&list_id=144532&product=Apache%20httpd-2&query_format=specific&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&component=mod_session_crypto">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&component=mod_session_crypto">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
71 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_session.html">mod_session</a></code></li>
72 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_session_cookie.html">mod_session_cookie</a></code></li>
73 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_session_dbd.html">mod_session_dbd</a></code></li>
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77 <h2><a name="basicusage" id="basicusage">Basic Usage</a><a title="Permanent link" href="#basicusage" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
79 <p>To create a simple encrypted session and store it in a cookie called
80 <var>session</var>, configure the session as follows:</p>
82 <div class="example"><h3>Browser based encrypted session</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Session On
83 SessionCookieName session path=/
84 SessionCryptoPassphrase secret</pre>
87 <p>The session will be encrypted with the given key. Different servers can
88 be configured to share sessions by ensuring the same encryption key is used
91 <p>If the encryption key is changed, sessions will be invalidated
94 <p>For documentation on how the session can be used to store username
95 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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99 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SessionCryptoCipher" id="SessionCryptoCipher">SessionCryptoCipher</a> <a name="sessioncryptocipher" id="sessioncryptocipher">Directive</a><a title="Permanent link" href="#sessioncryptocipher" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
100 <table class="directive">
101 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The crypto cipher to be used to encrypt the session</td></tr>
102 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SessionCryptoCipher <var>name</var></code></td></tr>
103 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>aes256</code></td></tr>
104 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
105 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr>
106 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
107 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_session_crypto</td></tr>
108 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.3.0 and later</td></tr>
110 <p>The <code class="directive">SessionCryptoCipher</code> directive allows the cipher to
111 be used during encryption. If not specified, the cipher defaults to
112 <code>aes256</code>.</p>
114 <p>Possible values depend on the crypto driver in use, and could be one of:</p>
116 <ul><li>3des192</li><li>aes128</li><li>aes192</li><li>aes256</li></ul>
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121 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SessionCryptoDriver" id="SessionCryptoDriver">SessionCryptoDriver</a> <a name="sessioncryptodriver" id="sessioncryptodriver">Directive</a><a title="Permanent link" href="#sessioncryptodriver" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
122 <table class="directive">
123 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The crypto driver to be used to encrypt the session</td></tr>
124 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SessionCryptoDriver <var>name</var> <var>[param[=value]]</var></code></td></tr>
125 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
126 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
127 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
128 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_session_crypto</td></tr>
129 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.3.0 and later</td></tr>
131 <p>The <code class="directive">SessionCryptoDriver</code> directive specifies the name of
132 the crypto driver to be used for encryption. If not specified, the driver defaults
133 to the recommended driver compiled into APR-util.</p>
135 <p>The <var>NSS</var> crypto driver requires some parameters for configuration,
136 which are specified as parameters with optional values after the driver name.</p>
138 <div class="example"><h3>NSS without a certificate database</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SessionCryptoDriver nss</pre>
141 <div class="example"><h3>NSS with certificate database</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SessionCryptoDriver nss dir=certs</pre>
144 <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>
147 <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>
150 <p>The <var>NSS</var> crypto driver might have already been
151 configured by another part of the server, for example from
152 <code>mod_nss</code> or <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ldap.html">mod_ldap</a></code>. If found to
153 have already been configured, a warning will be logged, and the
154 existing configuration will have taken affect. To avoid this
155 warning, use the noinit parameter as follows.</p>
157 <div class="example"><h3>NSS with certificate database</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SessionCryptoDriver nss noinit</pre>
160 <p>To prevent confusion, ensure that all modules requiring NSS are configured with
161 identical parameters.</p>
163 <p>The <var>openssl</var> crypto driver supports an optional parameter to specify
164 the engine to be used for encryption.</p>
166 <div class="example"><h3>OpenSSL with engine support</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SessionCryptoDriver openssl engine=name</pre>
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172 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SessionCryptoPassphrase" id="SessionCryptoPassphrase">SessionCryptoPassphrase</a> <a name="sessioncryptopassphrase" id="sessioncryptopassphrase">Directive</a><a title="Permanent link" href="#sessioncryptopassphrase" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
173 <table class="directive">
174 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The key used to encrypt the session</td></tr>
175 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SessionCryptoPassphrase <var>secret</var> [ <var>secret</var> ... ] </code></td></tr>
176 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
177 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
178 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr>
179 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
180 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_session_crypto</td></tr>
181 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.3.0 and later</td></tr>
183 <p>The <code class="directive">SessionCryptoPassphrase</code> directive specifies the keys
184 to be used to enable symmetrical encryption on the contents of the session before
185 writing the session, or decrypting the contents of the session after reading the
188 <p>Keys are more secure when they are long, and consist of truly random characters.
189 Changing the key on a server has the effect of invalidating all existing sessions.</p>
191 <p>Multiple keys can be specified in order to support key rotation. The first key
192 listed will be used for encryption, while all keys listed will be attempted for
193 decryption. To rotate keys across multiple servers over a period of time, add a new
194 secret to the end of the list, and once rolled out completely to all servers, remove
195 the first key from the start of the list.</p>
197 <p>As of version 2.4.7 if the value begins with <var>exec:</var> the resulting command
198 will be executed and the first line returned to standard output by the program will be
200 <div class="example"><pre>#key used as-is
201 SessionCryptoPassphrase secret
203 #Run /path/to/program to get key
204 SessionCryptoPassphrase exec:/path/to/program
206 #Run /path/to/otherProgram and provide arguments
207 SessionCryptoPassphrase "exec:/path/to/otherProgram argument1"</pre></div>
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212 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SessionCryptoPassphraseFile" id="SessionCryptoPassphraseFile">SessionCryptoPassphraseFile</a> <a name="sessioncryptopassphrasefile" id="sessioncryptopassphrasefile">Directive</a><a title="Permanent link" href="#sessioncryptopassphrasefile" class="permalink">¶</a></h2>
213 <table class="directive">
214 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>File containing keys used to encrypt the session</td></tr>
215 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SessionCryptoPassphraseFile <var>filename</var></code></td></tr>
216 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
217 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
218 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
219 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_session_crypto</td></tr>
220 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.3.0 and later</td></tr>
222 <p>The <code class="directive">SessionCryptoPassphraseFile</code> directive specifies the
223 name of a configuration file containing the keys to use for encrypting or decrypting
224 the session, specified one per line. The file is read on server start, and a graceful
225 restart will be necessary for httpd to pick up changes to the keys.</p>
227 <p>Unlike the <code class="directive">SessionCryptoPassphrase</code> directive, the keys are
228 not exposed within the httpd configuration and can be hidden by protecting the file
231 <p>Multiple keys can be specified in order to support key rotation. The first key
232 listed will be used for encryption, while all keys listed will be attempted for
233 decryption. To rotate keys across multiple servers over a period of time, add a new
234 secret to the end of the list, and once rolled out completely to all servers, remove
235 the first key from the start of the list.</p>
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