Re: browser info.txt and SSL

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14972
interpreted = N
texte = >The [browsername] comes up empty when it is in SSL but is Mozilla/3. >when in non-SSL. Why would the SSL not recognize the browser type when >non-SSL does? Does it need its own table of browser types, or perhaps >be more confused by path (inside the Webcatalog folder inside the >Webstar folder). The servers are both inside the same WebStar folder.Wow. Sounds like a bug in Netscape, where it doesn't transmit its name over SSL. Very strange. I've never bumped into this because we always put the SSL check onto a page that is hit via non-SSL -- then we lead the user to an SSL page and never check from there on.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: browser info.txt and SSL (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Re: browser info.txt and SSL (Sandra L. Pitner 1997)
  3. Re: browser info.txt and SSL (Sandra L. Pitner 1997)
  4. Re: browser info.txt and SSL (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  5. Re: browser info.txt and SSL (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  6. browser info.txt and SSL (Sandra L. Pitner 1997)
>The [browsername] comes up empty when it is in SSL but is Mozilla/3. >when in non-SSL. Why would the SSL not recognize the browser type when >non-SSL does? Does it need its own table of browser types, or perhaps >be more confused by path (inside the Webcatalog folder inside the >Webstar folder). The servers are both inside the same WebStar folder.Wow. Sounds like a bug in Netscape, where it doesn't transmit its name over SSL. Very strange. I've never bumped into this because we always put the SSL check onto a page that is hit via non-SSL -- then we lead the user to an SSL page and never check from there on.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Grant Hulbert

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