Ok....I'm not entirely sure why, but by making the link open a new window (hence
using the target="_blank" tag addition) it is now working.
After reading some more faqs...it seems that MSIE does not treat HTTPS as a
valid protocol for downloading files....hence you need to get straight to the
download window, bypassing whatever sort of check it makes.
This means that the "Save Target as" or for some reason the _blank method seem
to be needed untill Microsoft get their act together.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Lutzebaeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 10:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Dave Fowlie
Subject: Re: Downloading files under SSL (using MSIE)
Dave Fowlie writes:
> With messages containing attachments there seems to be a problem retrieveing
the
> attached file.
> This problem only occurs in MSIE however, the file download works fine
through
> Netscape browsers.
>
> I have experimented with having files available to download placed statically
on
> my SSL site and found that I get the same error, which is
> "
> Internet Explorer cannot download <filename.ext> from secure.attica.net.nz
> Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The requested
site
> is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later.
> "
Hi, I have the same problem here. I think it has something to do with
the certificate which MSIE claims to be invalid because it is a test
certificate. It looks like MSIE does not save files from Apache::File
when the certificate is not known to MSIE. I cannot prove this because
we are still waiting for our real certificate from Verisign. Netscape
works however. Interesting to know is that files retrieved via
Apache::File that are handled as plugins by MSIE work. You may test
this for yourself.
I would be interested if you find any solution.
Dirk
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