Version 6.1 of WebSphere Portal introduced the remember me cookie feature, which allows previously logged in Portal users to be identified based on a persistent cookie. Though the basic principle of this feature sounds rather simple, it has a couple of implications and there are multiple scenarios ...

WebSphere Portal supports the remembering of users that have previously authenticated to the portal from a particular client, such as a web browser. This function is based on an HTTP cookie also known as remember me cookie. In conjunction with stepup authentication, the remember me cookie can be ...

Using SSL for encryption of the HTTP communication provides protection against network sniffing and man in the middle attacks. The additional protection however comes with performance overhead on both client and server side. In typical Portal scenarios it may be therefore too expensive to protect ...