I have two websites, let\'s say they\'re example.com
and anotherexample.net
.
On anotherexample.net/page.html
, I have an IFRAME S
One solution that I haven't seen mentioned here, is using session storage instead of cookies. Of course this might not fit everyone's requirements, but for some cases it's an easy fix.
This post provides some commentary on P3P and a short-cut solution that reduces the problems with IE7 and IE8.
In Rails I am using this gem : https://github.com/merchii/rack-iframe Bawically it sets a set of abbreviations without a reference file: https://github.com/merchii/rack-iframe/blob/master/lib/rack/iframe.rb#L8
It is easy to install when you dont care at all about the meaning of the p3p stuff.
If anybody is looking for Apache line; we used this one.
Header set P3P "CP=\"Thanks IE8\""
It really didn't matter what we set CP value to, as long as there is the P3P header.
This finally worked for me (after a lot of hastle and generating some policies using IBMs policy generator). You can downlod the policy generator here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/P3P-Policy-Editor.shtml
I was not able to download the generator from the official IBM website any more.
I created these files in the root folder of my Web-App
/index.php
/w3c/policy.html (Human readable format)
/w3c/p3p.xml
/w3c/policy.p3p
header('P3P: policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml", CP="ALL DSP NID CURa ADMa DEVa HISa OTPa OUR NOR NAV DEM"');
<META>
<POLICY-REFERENCES>
<POLICY-REF about="/w3c/policy.p3p#App">
<INCLUDE>/</INCLUDE>
<COOKIE-INCLUDE/>
</POLICY-REF>
</POLICY-REFERENCES>
</META>
<html>
<head>
<STYLE type="text/css">
title { color: #3333FF}
</STYLE>
<title>Privacy Statement for YOUR COMPANY NAME</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 class="title">Privacy Policy</h1>
<!-- "About Us" section of privacy policy -->
<h2>About Us</h2>
<p>This is a privacy policy for YOUR COMPANY NAME.
Our homepage on the Web is located at <a href="YOURWEBSITE">
YOURWEBSITE</a>.
The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at
<a href="ABSOLUTE URL OF THIS FILE">
ABSOLUTE URL OF THIS FILE</a>
This policy does not tell users where they can go to exercise their opt-in or opt-out options.
<p>We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy.
You may contact us by mail at the following address:
<pre>FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
YOUR ADDRESS HERE
</pre>
<p>You may contact us by e-mail at
<a href="mailto:info@YOURMAIL.de">
info@YOURMAIL.eu</a>.
You may call us at TELEPHONENUMBER.
<!-- "Privacy Seals" section of privacy policy -->
<h2>Dispute Resolution and Privacy Seals</h2>
<p>We have the following privacy seals and/or dispute resolution mechanisms.
If you think we have not followed our privacy policy in some way, they can help you resolve your concern.
<ul>
<li>
<b>Dispute</b>:
Contact us for further information
</ul>
<!-- "Additional information" section of privacy policy -->
<h2>Additional Information</h2>
<p>
This policy is valid for 1 day from the time that it is loaded by a client.
</p>
<!-- "Data Collection" section of privacy policy -->
<h2>Data Collection</h2>
<p>P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements").
This policy contains 1 data group.
<hr width="50%" align="center">
<h3>Group "App control data"</h3>
<p>We collect the following information:
<ul>
<li>HTTP cookies</li>
</ul>
<p>This data will be used for the following purposes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Completion and support of the current activity.</li>
<li>Web site and system administration.</li>
<li>Research and development.</li>
<li>Historical preservation.</li>
<li>Other purposes<p>Control Flow of the application</p></li>
</ul>
<p>This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
<p>The data in this group has been marked as non-identifiable. This means that there is no
reasonable way for the site to identify the individual person this data was collected from.
<p>The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:</p>
<blockquote>This cookie data is only used to control the application within an iframe (e.g. a Facebook App)</blockquote>
<!-- "Use of Cookies" section of privacy policy -->
<hr width="50%" align="center">
<h2>Cookies</h2>
<p>Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.
<p>Our site makes use of cookies.
Cookies are used for the following purposes:
<ul>
<li>Site administration
<li>Completing the user's current activity
<li>Research and development
<li>Other
(Control Flow of the application)
</ul>
<!-- "Compact Policy Explanation" section of privacy policy -->
<hr width="50%" align="center">
<h2>Compact Policy Summary</h2>
<p>The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:
<pre>
CP="ALL DSP NID CURa ADMa DEVa HISa OTPa OUR NOR NAV"
</pre>
<p>The following table explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy.
<center><table width="80%" border="1" cols="2">
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="20%"><b>Field</b></td><td align="center" valign="top" width="80%"><b>Meaning</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>CP=</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P compact policy.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>ALL</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
Access to all collected information is available.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>DSP</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
The policy contains at least one dispute-resolution mechanism.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>NID</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
The information collected is not personally identifiable.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>CURa</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
The data is used for completion of the current activity.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>ADMa</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
The data is used for site administration.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>DEVa</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
The data is used for research and development.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>HISa</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
The data is used for historical archival purposes.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>OTPa</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
The data is used for other purposes.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>OUR</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
The data is given to ourselves and our agents.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>NOR</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
The data is not kept beyond the current transaction.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"><tt>NAV</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
Navigation and clickstream data is collected.
</td></tr>
</table></center>
<p>The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes.
For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment">http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment</a>.
<!-- "Policy Evaluation" section of privacy policy -->
<hr width="50%" align="center">
<h2>Policy Evaluation</h2>
<p>Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie.
The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium.
In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context.
This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.
<p><b>Note:</b> this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.
<p><b>Satisfactory policy</b>: this compact policy is considered <em>satisfactory</em> according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6.
IE6 will accept cookies accompanied by this policy under the High, Medium High, Medium, Low, and Accept All Cookies settings.
</body></html>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<POLICIES xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2002/01/P3Pv1">
<!-- Generated by IBM P3P Policy Editor version Beta 1.12 built 2/27/04 1:19 PM -->
<!-- Expiry information for this policy -->
<EXPIRY max-age="86400"/>
<POLICY
name="App"
discuri="ABSOLUTE URL TO policy.html"
xml:lang="de">
<!-- Description of the entity making this policy statement. -->
<ENTITY>
<DATA-GROUP>
<DATA ref="#business.name">COMPANY NAME</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.online.email">info@YOURMAIL.eu</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.online.uri">YOURWEBSITE</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.telecom.telephone.number">YOURPHONENUMBER</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.postal.organization">FIRSTNAME LASTNAME</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.postal.street">STREET</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.postal.city">CITY</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.postal.stateprov">STAGE</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.postal.postalcode">POSTALCODE</DATA>
<DATA ref="#business.contact-info.postal.country">Germany</DATA>
</DATA-GROUP>
</ENTITY>
<!-- Disclosure -->
<ACCESS><all/></ACCESS>
<!-- Disputes -->
<DISPUTES-GROUP>
<DISPUTES resolution-type="service" service="YOURWEBSITE CONTACT FORM" short-description="Dispute">
<LONG-DESCRIPTION>Contact us for further information</LONG-DESCRIPTION>
<!-- No remedies specified -->
</DISPUTES>
</DISPUTES-GROUP>
<!-- Statement for group "App control data" -->
<STATEMENT>
<EXTENSION optional="yes">
<GROUP-INFO xmlns="http://www.software.ibm.com/P3P/editor/extension-1.0.html" name="App control data"/>
</EXTENSION>
<!-- Consequence -->
<CONSEQUENCE>
This cookie data is only used to control the application within an iframe (e.g. a Facebook App)</CONSEQUENCE>
<!-- Data in this statement is marked as being non-identifiable -->
<NON-IDENTIFIABLE/>
<!-- Use (purpose) -->
<PURPOSE><admin/><current/><develop/><historical/><other-purpose>Control Flow of the application</other-purpose></PURPOSE>
<!-- Recipients -->
<RECIPIENT><ours/></RECIPIENT>
<!-- Retention -->
<RETENTION><no-retention/></RETENTION>
<!-- Base dataschema elements. -->
<DATA-GROUP>
<DATA ref="#dynamic.cookies"><CATEGORIES><navigation/></CATEGORIES></DATA>
</DATA-GROUP>
</STATEMENT>
<!-- End of policy -->
</POLICY>
</POLICIES>
I was investigating this problem with regard to login-off via Azure Access Control Services, and wasn't able to connect head and tails of anything.
Then, stumbled over this post https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ieinternals/2011/03/10/beware-cookie-sharing-in-cross-zone-scenarios/
In short, IE doesn't share cookies across zones (eg. Internet vs. Trusted sites).
So, if your IFrame target and html page are in different zone's P3P won't help with anything.