Re: [cobalt-users] redirection problem under ssl

["Dan" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shawn wrote:
> I was just wondering if anyone knows why sometimes under ssl there is a
problem
> with the redirections. Sometimes you will get a page not found, but if you
go
> back and then try it again it works. I am using MivaMerchant, and cant
decide
> if I should start looking through the Miva files, or the ssl config files
for
> the server (raq3). Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Shawn

I noticed this problem some time ago using my agoracgi shopping cart. I
found the solution though - it's a problem with MSIE. The following is what
I posted on the agoracgi list - hope it helps:

"A number of us using Agora were getting error messages (Page Not Found)
when clicking the "Verify Order" button, using MSIE browsers on SSL secured
Order Forms. I think it is important to check for this as I could have lost
quite a few sales if I had not found a solution.

This is how I solved it - bearing in mind I'm lucky in that I have access to
my own server to do this.

On my system (Cobalt raq running Apache 1.3.6) there is a configuration file
called httpd.conf, which was located in my etc/httpd/conf/ directory. Within
that file there are settings for the various Virtual Domains (or my sites)
running on my raq. All I did was add the following within the <VirtualHost>
</VirtualHost> block:

BrowserMatch MSIE ssl-unclean-shutdown nokeepalive \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0

I then rebooted the server and accessed the cart again using the MSIE
default settings using HTTP 1.1 (which is what gave the problem in the 1st
place). I am pleased to say that I don't get these errors anymore. Hope this
helps someone. As I say, it's worth checking out for as I didn't realise I
had this problem.

Dan