WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Configuring session tracking for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) devices

Why and when to perform this task

Most Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) devices do not support cookies. The preferred way to track sessions for WAP devices is to use URL rewriting. However on most WAP devices, the maximum allowed URL length is 128 characters. With URL rewriting, a session indentifier is added to the URL itself, effectively decreasing the space available for the actual URL and the number of parameters that can be sent on a request.

To reduce the length of session identifier, you can configure key (jsessionid), session ID length and clone ID. To make these configuration changes, complete the following:

Steps for this task

  1. Open the Administrative console.
  2. Click Servers > Application Servers.
  3. Select a server from the list of application servers.
  4. Under Container Settings, click Web Container Settings > Web container
  5. Under Additional Properties, click Custom Properties.
  6. Add the appropriate properties from the following list:
    • HttpSessionIdLength
    • SessionRewriteIdentifier
    • HttpSessionCloneId
    • CloneSeparatorChange
    • NoAdditionalSessionInfo
    • SessionIdentifierMaxLength
  7. Click Apply and Save.



Related reference
Session management custom properties

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