It is the post of the data, and respond with the redirect that I am not sure how to do. I would assume the login (original) servlet is going to do some setup and session stuff etc......How do I make sure the client browser sees this etc......
Tony Michael Paduch wrote: > Hi Tony, > > Have the first request handled by your servlet. The servlet should post the > data to the original servlet. Make sure authentication was successful and > then respond with redirect command. From then on the browser will be > communicating directly with the original servlet, not the one that provided > log in capability. > > Regards, > Michael > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Dahbura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 1:31 PM > Subject: circumnavigating security in commercial application > > All: > I have a web based application that uses a login page (html) via a > servlet and it requires about 5-6 different values to be filled in on > the page. What I would like to do is put my own servlet in front of it > so that I can have a user login with with their userid/password and then > to prefill the other values and pass it off to this servlet. This > servlet wants a response in post format, but I do nto want to proxy > everything (all future requests and interactions) between the > application and my servlet. > > Does anyone have a some strategies for implementation of something like > this. I need to support this for a single sign on architecture. Does > this sound possible and can anyone shed some light on how to implement > this (or even better some sample code). At first glance it sounds like > a proxy servlet..... > > thanks, > tony > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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