Kristofer A. E. Peterson wrote:
>
> Vanni Galesso wrote:
>
> > Hello ,
> >
> > I'm using Apache with SSLeay with Client Authentication .
> > The problem is that Apache ask the client certificate every time I load
> > a page .
> > Es. I have a html page with 3 frames so the Web server ask me 3 times my
> > certificate .
> > Is it possible to set something that allow me to present only one time
> > my certificate ??
> >
> > Thanks in advanced .
> >
> > Regards VANNI
>
> When you set Apache-SSL to request client authentication, it asks for a
> client certificate for every connection. This means that for every page,
> (and every frame it seems) the browser opens a connection, sends a client
> certificate, and then closes it. In this case, the browser isn't smart
> enough to send the same certificate you already, and asks you again which
> one to send. If you only use one certificate for client authentication, you
> can tell Netscape v4 to always use a certain certificate, and not ask you
> every time. To do this, go into the Security Info window, select the
> Navigator link, and select the certificate you want to use in the drop down
> menu. This will get rid of the annoying popups asking you for a
> certificate.
Two things:
1. I've found that Netscape has a tendancy to crash if you have more
than one certificate and tell it to auto-select, so the above method
only works if you only have the one certificate.
2. Ben's currently working on a version of Apache-SSL that does session
cacheing, so this problem will go away RSN...
cheers,
Adam
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