3.1.4.1 Opening a Passport Session

When a higher-layer application initiates an HTTP request that supports the Passport SSI Version 1.4 Protocol, it creates a new entry in the Passport Session Table to be used with the HTTP request. When a new entry is created, its state is initialized as follows:

  • Passport Configuration Data is initialized to empty.

  • Original HTTP Verb is initialized to empty.

  • Original HTTP URL is initialized to empty.

  • Last Sign-in Request is initialized to empty.

  • Sent First Authenticated Request is initialized to FALSE.