Fantastic! That worked. You saved me a 'lot' of time and effort!! Thank you for taking the time. I really appreciate it.
...Col --- In [email protected], "Carson Hager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Excellent. In META-INF, you will need a context.xml file that looks > like this. This instructs Tomcat to use the FormAuthenticator value and > turns off proxy caching. This will fix the problem of the header being > sent to IE which it cannot handle. If you don't have a META-INF > directory, just create it in the root of your web app right next to > WEB-INF. You will need to reload your web application or restart > Tomcat. > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Context path=""> > <Valve > > className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator" > disableProxyCaching="false" /> > > <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource> > <WatchedResource>META-INF/context.xml</WatchedResource> > <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource> > <WatchedResource>META-INF/context.xml</WatchedResource> > <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource> > <WatchedResource>META-INF/context.xml</WatchedResource> > </Context> > > > > Carson > > ____________________________________________ > > Carson Hager > Cynergy Systems, Inc. > http://www.cynergysystems.com > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Office: 866-CYNERGY > Mobile: 1.703.489.6466 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of colinblackmore > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over > https in *IE*. > > Form based authentication. > > --- In [email protected], "Carson Hager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > You've run into a fun little nuance with Tomcat/IE/HTTPS and Auth. The > > good news is that there is an easy fix. Are you using Form or Basic > > auth? > > > > > > Carson > > > > ____________________________________________ > > > > Carson Hager > > Cynergy Systems, Inc. > > http://www.cynergysystems.com > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Office: 866-CYNERGY > > Mobile: 1.703.489.6466 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of colinblackmore > > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:21 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over > > https in *IE*. > > > > Carson... > > > > OK, now I'm confused! :-D > > > > I disabled the security constraints and it now works! > > > > So I guess my questions now are: > > > > a) Why do the browsers (Firefox/IE) behave differently in this > respect? > > b) How can I configure things to have both authentication AND https > > within IE? > > > > Again to restate, I am using Tomcat, but not using the flashproxy > > (since I'm using form based authentication which the proxy doesn't > > handle). > > > > Many thanks for your help. > > > > ...Col > > > > --- In [email protected], "Carson Hager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Are you possibly operating within an authenticated session? > > > > > > > > > Carson > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________ > > > > > > Carson Hager > > > Cynergy Systems, Inc. > > > http://www.cynergysystems.com > > > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Office: 866-CYNERGY > > > Mobile: 1.703.489.6466 > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On > > > Behalf Of colinblackmore > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:15 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Unable to retrieve data via HTTPService over > > https > > > in *IE*. > > > > > > I have a flex application that works perfectly when deployed under > > http. > > > However, when I attempt to connect via https none of the HTTPService > > > calls return successfully. > > > > > > The odd thing is that this only occurs when using https on Internet > > > Explorer (6.0). Both Firefox (1.5) and Opera (8.51) work fine under > > > both http and https. > > > > > > Some additional information: > > > > > > - The fault code from the HTTPService is: > > > fault: (Object) > > > faultcode: Client.Disconnected (String) > > > faultstring: Could not retrieve data. (String) > > > - I am *not* using the flex proxy. > > > - Calling the HTTPService URL directly from the browser works fine. > > > It's only when flex attempts to call it from the client. > > > - Tomcat 5.5 is the web-server. > > > - I added the following crossdomain.xml to both the server root and > > the > > > context root (to no avail). > > > > > > <cross-domain-policy> > > > <allow-access-from domain="*" secure="false" /> > > > </cross-domain-policy> > > > > > > Again, this is only an issue with IE. Anyone out there successfully > > > serving a flex app to IE over https? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > ...Col > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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