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Re: [cinjug-users] https login page

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Subject: Re: [cinjug-users] https login page
From: "Edward Sumerfield" <esumerfd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:33:59 -0400
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References: <OF97F9E0B7.B153EEBC-ON85256E7D.005F9536-85256E7D.00603CB4@starbaseinc.com> <1082571195.17796.17.camel@ergo.obsyn.com>
Blessed be the google for its hits counters are truly magnificent. Search:
"configure https websphere".

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/doc/v40/ae/infocenter/was/06061801a07.html


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Fries" <rgf@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "CinJUG" <users@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [cinjug-users] https login page


> On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 13:30, Jason Kretzer/STAR BASE Consulting Inc.
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > For my current question, I need to have my login.html page be https so
> > that the POSTing of the form will not be sent plain text to the
> > servlet.  I am using WebSphere 5 for this.
>
> Actually, your login screen doesn't need be https in order to
> submit secure information; the action attribute of the form tells the
> browser how/where to post; the URL of your login screen only tells
> you how/where the form was loaded from, and not how data from the
> form will be posted.  You may want to deliver the login page
> via SSL as well, but it is not necessary to protect the submission.
>
> Sorry, can't help you with WebSphere 5.
>
> Robert Fries
> Objective Synthesis
>
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