System information
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Setting 
Default 
Recommendation 
Description 
Cookie Timeout 
1440 Minutes 
-1 
By setting to -1 ColdFusion will set 
the session cookie as a browser 
session cookies, which is valid as 
long as the users browser window is 
open. 
HTTPOnly 
Checked 
Checked 
Session cookies should always be 
marked as HTTPOnly to prevent 
JavaScript or other client side 
technologies from accessing their 
values (on supported clients). 
Secure 
Unchecked 
Checked if all sites 
require SSL. 
A client will only transmit a secure 
cookie over a secured connection 
(eg SSL). 
Disable updating 
ColdFusion internal 
cookies using 
ColdFusion 
tags/functions. 
Checked on 
Secure Profile 
Checked if all sites 
require SSL. 
You can use this feature to prevent 
a developer from overriding your 
global session cookie security 
settings. 
Server Settings > Mappings 
Remove any mappings your applications do not require, such as /gateway  
Server Settings > Mail 
Setting 
Default 
Recommendation 
Description 
Enable SSL socket 
connections to mail 
server 
Unchecked 
Checked if 
supported 
Consider enabling SSL or TLS 
encryption for sending mail with 
ColdFusion. 
Enable TLS 
connection to mail 
server 
Unchecked 
Checked if 
supported 
Consider enabling SSL or TLS 
encryption for sending mail with 
ColdFusion. 
Server Settings > WebSocket 
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