Alaska Software Inc. - SSL
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AuthorTopic: SSL
Allen LeeSSL
on Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:26:32 -0700
Hi All;

Our website employs: action="https://oursite.com/cgi-bin/waa1gate.exe"  in
the form tag of one page to invoke SSL when personal data is passed from the
client to the server.
All other pages use: action="/cgi-bin/waa1gate.exe"
Our clients want to see the "security lock"  icon on all pages even though
NO personal data is being passed.
They want the entire site secure not just the page where it is functional.

Question: What changes need to be made to accomplish this?
Do I need to add "https://oursite.com" before all "/cgi-bin/waa1gate.exe" ?

Allen Lee Wilson
Phil Ide
Re: SSL
on Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:32:09 +0100
Allen,

> Question: What changes need to be made to accomplish this?
> Do I need to add "https://oursite.com" before all "/cgi-bin/waa1gate.exe" ?

Yes.

The 'S' at the end of HTTP instructs the browser to:

  a) use port 443 if no port is specified in the URL
  b) use SSL authentication

Regards,

Phil Ide

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