On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Joel Rees wrote:

> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:56:37 +0900
> From: Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: HTTPS to HTTP
>
> > I don't think that performance is a reason to keep
> > the session after a switch because in the most
> > applications the amount of protocol switches is
> > quite small when compared to the total number of
> > requests within one protocol.
>
> A possibly stupid question -- is it possible to send graphics raw and
> text encrypted?
>

Sure ... make your <img src="..."> URLs in the encrypted pages point at
absolute "http:" (not "https:") URLs of where the images are.

> (This could leave a trap for obscurationists who send confirmation codes
> as images, of course.)

If you're going to switch from https->http, you are totally wasting your
time messing with https in the first place.  It buys you nothing except a
*perception* that you are more secure -- that is not the reality.

>
> --
> Joel Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>

Craig


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