Re: Security warning

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On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 14:48 -0400, tedd wrote:
> Hi gang:
> 
> I have a problem (please, no remarks).  :-)
> 
> I have a site where a security certificate is in place and it works. 
> The user can login and review their information and purchase stuff. 
> When the user goes from the http to the https side of things, 
> everything is fine -- their no warning given and the user can enter 
> their cc information, buy stuff, and everything appears secure.
> 
> However, when the user exits https and returns back to the http side 
> of things, the user receives a warning.
> 
> I suspect that this is because I am continuing to keep the user 
> logged in -- in other words, I'm keeping an authorization session in 
> effect. I say this because, when I don't do that,  the security 
> warning isn't thrown.
> 
> I suspect that the purpose of this warning is to alert the user when 
> they are taken from a https directory to a http directory.
> 
> Now my question is "Can I turn off that security warning?" or find a 
> way around it?
> 
> I want the user after purchasing an item to return to the normal http 
> side of things and still be logged on -- how do you guys do it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> tedd
> 
> -- 
> -------
> http://sperling.com  http://ancientstones.com  http://earthstones.com
> 
I think that warning is built into the browsers that recognise you are
moving from to a non-secure version of the same domain. If you give your
users some kind of hint that this may happen it should alleviate their
fears.


Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk


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