I may have to go that route. I was just trying to avoid some of the I/O in
the database for speed.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Link from SSL to non-SSL
How about using client variables in a database instead of session
variables? Those work great across servers.
Steve Nelson
Dave Hannum wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have an application that uses session variables. To produce the final
> report, the application goes through SSL (to protect social security
> numbers, passwords, etc). When I enter the Secure server, I pass
variables
> via URL to the secure app to reproduce the session variables that had been
> produced previously in the non secure side. When the report is completed,
I
> clear the session variables in the secure side. Fine. Now, when I come
> back to the non-secure side of the app, the session variables there are
> still in tact. So, I put a url variable in the link that triggers the
> non-secure side to clear the session variables there when I come back in.
> This works fine except that I get the warning message pop-up when I click
> the link in the secure side to leave. The warning is that I'm headed from
> secure to unsecure and that the info I'm trying to pass will not be
secure.
> This message makes the users nervous. How can I avoid this, and still be
> able to clear the session variables on the non secure side. I've tried
> using the HTTP_REFERER to see where I'm coming from, and clear it that
way,
> but the secure server does not set the HTTP_REFERER environmental
variable,
> so that won't work. I've tried CFHTTP to call the clearing script before
I
> leave the secure side, but that does not work because (I believe) without
me
> actually being on the non-secure side, it can't find the session variables
> it needs. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
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>
> David Hannum
> Web Analyst/Programmer
> Ohio University
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