Ah...  Thanks guys...  My curiosity is cured.

That was going to bug me the rest of the day...  :)



-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Olive [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:27 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: SSL on form submission

that's not strictly correct.  (before i begin, i always SSL the form
itself,
since it gives the users warm fuzzies).

when a user calls up a form and enters data into it, the data is still
on
their local PC.  it has not gone "over the wire" yet.  if the form's
action
page is HTTPS, when the user submits the form, the request *and all its
data* are encrypted.

but, as i said, i prefer to encrypt the form so the user can see the
little
glowing lock (or whatnot) and feel good.

chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Firestone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:17 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: SSL on form submission


Well, if I understand it correctly, the SSL secures the data being
transferred.
If you only use it on the action page, and not the submission itself,
the
data going from form.cfm to action.cfm would not be secure. But if
form.cfm
is in SSL, then it would be secure.

HTH

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:05 AM
Subject: RE: SSL on form submission


> That is the safe way I would assume.. but is it necessary?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Firestone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 9:58 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: SSL on form submission
>
> I always do it for the form. The submission would then be protected.
>
> HTH
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chad Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:55 AM
> Subject: SSL on form submission
>
>
> > Im wondering if when a form is submitted at what point do you
request
> > SSL?
> >
> > Do you want the form to be covered under SSL as the user is filling
it
> > out? https://www/form.cfm
> >
> > Or do you leave the form http://www/form.cfm and use
> > <form action="https://www/action.cfm"; method="POST"> enough to
encrypt
> > the data being passed to the action page?
> >
> > Just curious....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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