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"Lynn, James" wrote:


> I am using a linux server running apache & jserv, and have a servlet that
> needs to track a users session
> This is being done successfully by using cookies.
> 
> Hovewer at one point the user needs to post data from a page using https.
> ie:
> The user goes through a series of http servlet generated pages.
> The user posts some data from the last of these pages to a servlet via
> https.
> 
> Both http and https point to the same servlet directory, and when the https
> is tested on its own
> it completes the required operation successfully.
> 
> The problem is that :
> a) the https call creates a new cookie - ie effectively a new session

nope. maybe your browser does not send the previous cookie. That's
different.
You can easily check on :

IMPORTANT:
NB: use reload key, not the link on the page !!!    <<<<<<< Achtung !

https://jnix.penguinpowered.com/dev/SessionServlet
http://jnix.penguinpowered.com/dev/SessionServlet

That your browser does use the same session on both URLs.
With Netscape 4.5 (French, NT) the same session is used.

Jean-Luc


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