Web Application Server Requirements

System requirements for installing and using the Pubcookie application server modules:

• See Apache Module Requirements
• See ISAPI Filter Requirements

Web Application Requirements

System requirements for applications and resources protected by one of the Pubcookie application server modules:

• HTTPS connections. Pubcookie flags all cookies "secure", so applications should be written such that browsers use SSL-protected (https) connections.
• Session creation by HTTP GET requests. Applications should be designed such that sessions are created from a HTTP GET request. Applications should not be designed such that a user's initial request is a HTTP POST.

Login Server Requirements

System requirements for installing and using the Pubcookie login server components:

• Unix platform
• Web server with CGI support
• Accurate time (NTP or similar protocol recommended)
• Domain Name (a login server and its corresponding application servers must be registered in the same subdomain)
• SSL server certificate

User-Agent Requirements

System requirements for end-user agents (Web browsers):

• SSL support
• HTTP/1.0 or higher
• Cookies supported and enabled
• Allows HTTP-EQUIV in META tags (recommended)