Justin Randall-5 wrote: > > > Hi again, > > I thought about this a little more and I think what you're experiencing > might be as a result of the RequestDispatcher. > > When the RequestDispatcher "fowards" to a URL resource, it overrides the > SSL/Authentication constraints you have setup. There is a way of getting > around this (which also adds an additional layer of maintenance > programming security in your code) by using Filters. > > Basically, in your web.xml you define a filter for your SSL protected > pages: > > <filter> > <filter-name>MyFilterClass</filter-name> > <filter-class>my.package.MyFilterClass</filter-class> > </filter> > <filter-mapping> > <filter-name>MyFilterClass</filter-name> > <url-pattern>/ssl/*</url-pattern> > <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher> > <dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher> > <dispatcher>ERROR</dispatcher> > </filter-mapping> > > Below is a sample implementation of the "doFilter" that takes care of the > redirecting: > > public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, > FilterChain arg2) throws IOException, ServletException { > HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) request; > HttpServletResponse rsp = (HttpServletResponse) response; > rsp.sendRedirect(req.getRequestURI()); > } > >
I tried this but I got the following exception and the j_security_check page on http doesn't get redirected: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot create a session after the response has been committed at org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.doGetSession(Request.java:2221) at org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.getSession(Request.java:2031) at org.apache.catalina.connector.RequestFacade.getSession(RequestFacade.java:832) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequestWrapper.getSession(HttpServletRequestWrapper.java:216) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getSession(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:545) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationHttpRequest.getSession(ApplicationHttpRequest.java:494) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl._initialize(PageContextImpl.java:136) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.initialize(PageContextImpl.java:113) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspFactoryImpl.internalGetPageContext(JspFactoryImpl.java:105) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspFactoryImpl.getPageContext(JspFactoryImpl.java:62) at org.apache.jsp.login_jsp._jspService(login_jsp.java:33) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:331) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at com.solidcore.bl.servlet.TagFilter.doFilter(TagFilter.java:110) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:691) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:469) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:403) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator.forwardToErrorPage(FormAuthenticator.java:337) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.FormAuthenticator.authenticate(FormAuthenticator.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:417) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn.invoke(SingleSignOn.java:393) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Form-Based-Authenticattion---j_security_check-does-not-redirect-from-http-to-https-tp20910454p20912149.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]