SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Drinkwater, GJ (Glen)
Hi I have been working with tomcat with a web site. There is a initial login page which sends the username and password to a servlet that checks them against a database. I want to have the informatin sent over ssl but then i want the user to be sent back to a none ssl page for the rest of the

AW: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Ralph Einfeldt
HTTPS (except the ones for your login pages) to HTTP. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Drinkwater, GJ (Glen) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Freitag, 9. August 2002 15:11 An: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Betreff: SSL just for a login page initial login page which sends the username

RE: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Drinkwater, GJ (Glen)
Hi I am not am expert in the security of the web at the moment. Could you explain to me why this would open such a big secuirty hole from swapping from https to https. I was suggesting this because it read this i a 'professional j2ee' book?!! The problem i have is that i need the username

Re: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread peter lin
the problem is your own encryption isn't signed by a third party, which means if someone hack into your server, they could compromise the security. Hackers are smart and have tons of free time. If there's a hole, it will be found and exploited. Most big e-comm sites use hardware acceleration

RE: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Durham David Cntr 805CSS/SCBE
' Subject: RE: SSL just for a login page Hi I am not am expert in the security of the web at the moment. Could you explain to me why this would open such a big secuirty hole from swapping from https to https. I was suggesting this because it read this i a 'professional j2ee' book

RE: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Drinkwater, GJ (Glen)
Hi Let me reply to a few of the emails. the problem is your own encryption isn't signed by a third party, which means if someone hack into your server, they could compromise the security. wouldn't this still be a problem if my public key was signed by a CA?? isn't the cert. for the client to

Re: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread peter lin
Drinkwater, GJ (Glen) wrote: Hi Let me reply to a few of the emails. the problem is your own encryption isn't signed by a third party, which means if someone hack into your server, they could compromise the security. wouldn't this still be a problem if my public key was signed by

RE: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Durham David Cntr 805CSS/SCBE
List' Subject: RE: SSL just for a login page Hi Let me reply to a few of the emails. the problem is your own encryption isn't signed by a third party, which means if someone hack into your server, they could compromise the security. wouldn't this still be a problem if my public key

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2002-08-09 Thread Ralph Einfeldt
just for a login page 2) After a successful login, (still ssl, don't put anything session yet) pass the user's ID and a one-way hashed version of their password to a non ssl page that authenticates this information and sets up their session. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL

AW: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Ralph Einfeldt
: Drinkwater, GJ (Glen) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Freitag, 9. August 2002 15:52 An: 'Tomcat Users List' Betreff: RE: SSL just for a login page Could you explain to me why this would open such a big secuirty hole from swapping from https to https. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail

AW: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Ralph Einfeldt
: Freitag, 9. August 2002 16:38 An: Tomcat Users List Betreff: AW: SSL just for a login page That's no solution, as now the oneway hash can be snooped and hijacked. You win absolutly nothing but wasted efford. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Durham David Cntr 805CSS/SCBE [mailto

RE: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Durham David Cntr 805CSS/SCBE
Like I said, you're session is open to snooping and hijacking, but your password is not revealed. -Original Message- From: Ralph Einfeldt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 9:38 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: AW: SSL just for a login page That's

Re: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread peter lin
what's to stop a hacker from stealing the session, then going to the user profile page and looking at the password? Of course if you do pass the user to http from https, you can still require profile management go through https, or simply never print the password to the browser. I personally

RE: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Drinkwater, GJ (Glen)
Yes, you are probably right, I will have to use ssl. Does anybody know of some good stress testing free software??? How does this sound. 1)User logs on and username and password send over ssl. password md5 hashed and compared against users on a database. 2)If valid user logs on, if not user

Re: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Jose Francisco Junior
Users List' Subject: RE: SSL just for a login page Hi I am not am expert in the security of the web at the moment. Could you explain to me why this would open such a big secuirty hole from swapping from https to https. I was suggesting this because it read this i a 'professional

RE: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Durham David Cntr 805CSS/SCBE
jmeter, available from jakarta.apache.org -Original Message- From: Drinkwater, GJ (Glen) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 9:59 AM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: SSL just for a login page Yes, you are probably right, I will have to use ssl. Does

Re: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Richard Plukker
For stress testing use Apache JMeter. good luck Richard Drinkwater, GJ (Glen) wrote: Yes, you are probably right, I will have to use ssl. Does anybody know of some good stress testing free software??? How does this sound. 1)User logs on and username and password send over ssl. password md5

RE: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Drinkwater, GJ (Glen)
just downloaded it version 1.7 using it with java 1.4 beta installation says that you dont need to do anything (already got JAVA_HOME), when i run it it just pulls up errors?? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2002-08-09 Thread Durham David Cntr 805CSS/SCBE
post this on the jmeter-user list -Original Message- From: Drinkwater, GJ (Glen) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 10:26 AM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: SSL just for a login page just downloaded it version 1.7 using it with java 1.4 beta

RE: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Anderson, Richard D ERDC-ITL-MS Contractor
09, 2002 10:26 AM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: SSL just for a login page just downloaded it version 1.7 using it with java 1.4 beta installation says that you dont need to do anything (already got JAVA_HOME), when i run it it just pulls up errors?? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto

RE: SSL just for a login page

2002-08-09 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Drinkwater, GJ (Glen) wrote: Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 14:51:32 +0100 From: Drinkwater, GJ (Glen) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Tomcat Users List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Tomcat Users List' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: SSL just for a login page Hi I am not am expert