Thanks for the clarification Scott.
+James P.
--- Scott Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> On Jan 11, 2007, at 12:40 PM, James Picklesimer
> wrote:
> 
> > I have a developer who uses HTTP on a landing page
> > then switches to HTTPS (SSL) with a small amount
> of
> > data from the non-secure page.
> >
> > My opinion is this is a bad practice for security,
> but
> > frying that fish is not for this forum.
> >
> > 1) does resin 3.0.18 or for that matter any J2EE
> > container allow for switching sessions?
> 
> It's mostly a browser issue.
> 
> By default, the browser will send the same cookie
> from the non-secure  
> site to the secure site automatically.  (There's a
> http-only flag  
> that can change this behavior for some browsers,
> although I don't see  
> it in our schema.  I thought we'd added it.)
> 
> >
> > 2) does this cause a new session to be created?
> 
> It depends on how the virtual hosts are configured. 
> If there are  
> separate virtual hosts for SSL vs non-SSL, then
> there are separate  
> sessions.  If the same <host> handles both, it will
> use the old session.
> >
> > 3) how does resin handle this (if legal according
> to
> > J2EE)?
> 
> It's outside the scope of J2EE with the exception
> that J2EE requires  
> that separate <web-app> have separate session
> contexts.
> 
> > 4) should I look at java docs for J2EE containers?
> 
> If someone else has a better solution, we'd love to
> add it as an  
> enhancement request.
> 
> -- Scott
> 
> >
> > Thanks.
> > +JP
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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