I hear ya Tony and yes, they are that savvy a client. If I can't find a 
solution, I'll see if I can convince them.

Rey...

Tony wrote:
> rey.
> 
> this is a perfect spot for client intervention.
> there is nothing wrong with your cflocation doing a fully
> qualified url that is ssl enabled (https://www.) rather than (http://)
> since it doesnt hurt, in any way shape or form, it shouldnt even
> be a choice that they have to make.  i cannot see ANY way to prevent
> that, unless maybe you set the settings on IE back to allow ANY traffic
> in any way, and that would be dumb and unsecure... this is just dumb.
> sorry dude.  are they this savvy of a client that they pay attention to
> whether or not your cflocation tags go to https urls vs. http urls?
> 
> tw
> 
> On 8/30/05, Bobby Hartsfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>>Hmm. Did you check the page that is actually doing the redirecting to ensure
>>that everything on it (image wise) is actually https://
>>
>>SSL can be tricky sometimes
>>
>>Take this page for example...
>>https://www.jimmyv.org/donate/donations/
>>
>>the logo on the top left points back to the (non-secure) home page with no
>>problems or prompts (for me anyway. Please tell me that's the case when you
>>click it!).
>>
>>Point being, that as long as the referring page is on the same domain and
>>completely secure, you shouldn't get that prompt. (same domain includes the
>>alias)
>>
>>One thing to definitely check is your domain name in the URL's. If your
>>secure page has "www" make sure the link to the home page does as well.
>>
>>They need to match your certificate.
>>
>>Again, this page for example...
>>https://www.jimmyv.org/donate/donations/ is fine. No prompts
>>https://jimmyv.org/donate/donations/ this one does prompt about security.
>>
>>Hope any of that helps.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:45 PM
>>To: CF-Talk
>>Subject: Re: Odd SSL problem
>>
>>Hi Bobby! Thanks for the reply. Its a client requirement that it not be
>>secure as they don't believe that there's any reason for an SSL session
>>to be established on the homepage.
>>
>>This is a stumper!
>>
>>Rey...
>>
>>Bobby Hartsfield wrote:
>>
>>>Is there any special reason that the home page can't be secure for logged
>>
>>in
>>
>>>users?
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:20 PM
>>>To: CF-Talk
>>>Subject: Odd SSL problem
>>>
>>>Hi guys. I'm having an odd SSL quirk that I can't seem to get around.
>>>
>>>When someone logs in via a secure page, they submit they're login, it
>>>posts back to the same page, validates the login credentials and then
>>>redirects them to the homepage. The problem that I'm encountering is
>>>upon the redirect to the homepage. Since the homepage is not a secure
>>>page, IE popups a dialog saying:
>>>
>>>"You are about to be redirected to a connection that is not secure. The
>>>information you are sending to the current site might be retransmitted
>>>to a nonsecure site. Do you wish to continue?"
>>>
>>>If I hit yes, it goes to the homepage just fine.
>>>
>>>I'm currently using CFLOCATION to do the redirect. Any ideas on how I
>>>can avoid the popup and get them to the homepage?
>>>
>>>Rey...
>>>
>>
>>--
>>http://www.ReyBango.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 

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