Peter Costello wrote:
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> 1) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticate
>
> The following enhancement allows the IE5.0 browser
> to maintain the
> correct URL in its history list. For example, if
> browser fetches
> 'index.jsp' and tomcat returns 'login.jsp', then
> when browser submits
> username and password it sends a 'POST
> j_security_check'. Method
> 'authenticate()' does its work and then restores
> the original request
> and returns. However, now the browser thinks that
> page 'GET index.jsp'
> is 'POST j_security_check' and using the
> back/forward on the browser
> will result in an error when we get back to the
> 'POST'.
>
> My fix was to send a redirect to the original page
> after authenticate
> does its work.
>
But what if the original request was not a GET, but rather
a POST? How can you redirect to that?
Cheers - Mark
