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Aleksandar Lazic
July 10, 2019 07:18AM
Hi.

Am 09.07.2019 um 20:40 schrieb Lemons, Terry:
> Hi
>
> Our product uses nginx to front-end inbound web access. To enhance our product’s
> security posture, we have been examining the rules in the DISA Web Server
> Security Requirements Guide
> https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Web_Server_V2R3_SRG.zip.
> One of the rules
> (https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/web_server_security_requirements_guide/2014-11-17/finding/V-41807)
> states, “The web server must generate unique session identifiers that cannot be
> reliably reproduced.” I searched the nginx documentation, but wasn’t able to
> confirm that unique session identifiers are used.
>
> Are they?

Myabe you can use the variable `request_id`.

https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#var_request_id

In the following blog posts can you find a example how it can be used.

https://www.nginx.com/blog/application-tracing-nginx-plus/
=> Tracing Requests End‑to‑End

> Thanks
>
> tl

Hth
Aleks

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