Re: Setting SSL for login pages

2011-06-21 Thread Rafael Liu
Well, if it's the spec I guess there's no much to argue. Maybe turn it into an option, but I already got the feeling of the community. I won't insist as this is my specific requirement and may not be of use to a wide range of the community. Mark, there could be a MIM attack but that's yet another

Re: Setting SSL for login pages

2011-06-21 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rafael, On 6/21/2011 12:05 PM, Rafael Liu wrote: > I agree it's kind of a philosophical question but I see some real > implications. Anyway, for the record, as a quick and dirty fix I set the > full URL with https schema in /form@action. But the hosti

Re: Setting SSL for login pages

2011-06-21 Thread Mark Thomas
On 21/06/2011 17:05, Rafael Liu wrote: > Hey Chris, > > as you said, each problem compromise different kinds of things: account vs > credentials. And I think they have different kind of consequences and can > be, each one , dangerous its own way. I brought the discussion into the list > because I

Re: Setting SSL for login pages

2011-06-21 Thread Rafael Liu
Hey Chris, as you said, each problem compromise different kinds of things: account vs credentials. And I think they have different kind of consequences and can be, each one , dangerous its own way. I brought the discussion into the list because I thought it was relevant. Looking at the code, a fi

Re: Setting SSL for login pages

2011-06-21 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rafael, On 6/20/2011 8:12 PM, Rafael Liu wrote: > Good point Chuck. I agree with you, the webapp wouldn't be all secured. But > there are 2 different things here: > > * the issue with the plain password > * the issue with session hijacking This does

Re: Setting SSL for login pages

2011-06-21 Thread Rafael Liu
From: Rafael Liu [mailto:rafael...@gmail.com] > Sent: den 21 juni 2011 03:12 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Setting SSL for login pages > > Good point Chuck. I agree with you, the webapp wouldn't be all secured. > But there are 2 different things here: > > * th

RE: Setting SSL for login pages

2011-06-21 Thread André Brunnsberg
cookie files under normal HTTP with the Firesheep extension for Firefox. Cheers, André -Original Message- From: Rafael Liu [mailto:rafael...@gmail.com] Sent: den 21 juni 2011 03:12 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Setting SSL for login pages Good point Chuck. I agree with you, the webapp

RE: Setting SSL for login pages

2011-06-20 Thread Rafael Liu
On Jun 20, 2011 6:50 PM, "Caldarale, Charles R" wrote: >> From: Rafael Liu [mailto:rafael...@gmail.com] >> Subject: Setting SSL for login pages > >> I think it would be natural something like this: > >> >> >> SSL login >> /login/* >>

RE: Setting SSL for login pages

2011-06-20 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Rafael Liu [mailto:rafael...@gmail.com] > Subject: Setting SSL for login pages > I think it would be natural something like this: > > > SSL login > /login/* > > > CONFIDENTIAL > > The login pages are usually not spec

Setting SSL for login pages

2011-06-20 Thread Rafael Liu
So guy, I want the user to be redirected to HTTPS once he hits an authenticated page. So I think it would be natural something like this: SSL login /login/* CONFIDENTIAL FORM MyRealm /login/login.jsp /login/error.jsp The problem is the FormAuthentic