hi sidaty the HTML through which you submit the userid and password should have a line similar to "<FORM ACTION=http://bcm600:8081/servlet/servlet02> " try changing it to "<FORM ACTION=http://bcm600:8081/servlet/servlet02 METHOD=POST>" i think it should work. all the best vijayanand. ----- Original Message ----- From: sidaty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 9:06 PM Subject: Problem with browsing PASSWORD field in Servlet urls > Hi all , > > I am facing the following problem : > Each time we access th main servlet of an application project , this servlet > asks for the name and password of the user > who wants to connect to that application . > But the problem is that the password field he submits is always browsed into > the URL window of the servlet. > like in the next line : > http://bcm600:8081/servlet/servlet02?nom=user1&password=password1&envoi=Soum > ettre+la+requ%EAte > > notice the fields name =user1 > password=password1 > How can i avoid such behavior and garantee that servlets will not expose > people passwords publicly . > > Thanks in advance . > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
