Mixing SSL/non SSL pages

Hi all gurus;
forgive me if I'm writing about a basic question.
I need to call a secured (SSL) page from a .aspx page. Calling an
absolute URL rises an error (invalid path... Virtual path required), so
I'm not able to intermix http and https calls. Is there a way to make it
so? TIA
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> Hi all gurus;
> forgive me if I'm writing about a basic question.
> I need to call a secured (SSL) page from a .aspx page. Calling an
> absolute URL rises an error (invalid path... Virtual path required), so
> I'm not able to intermix http and https calls. Is there a way to make it
> so? TIA
Please show your code.
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
LOT, Mark, 4 your rpy. Here's my (real) code:
Private Sub btnRinnCrCard_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal
e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnRinnCrCard.Click
Session("IdSocieta") = lblIdSoc.Text
Session("Denominazione") = txtDenominazione.Text
Session("ImpRinnovo") = txtImpDovuto.Text
Session("CausaleVers") = "Riaffiliazione"
Session("CodCausale") = "2"
Dim temp As String = Session.SessionID
Dim path As String = Server.MapPath(".")
'it's unuseful to store ds in a Session variable, as it will be
lost switching to https, so it needs to be serialized; better to make it
so now
dsRiepilogo.WriteXml(path + "\" + temp + ".tmp")
Dim serverName As String =
HttpContext.Current.Server.MachineName
If serverName = "AMILO" Then
Server.Transfer("wfrmPagaCarta.aspx") 'development server
Else
Server.Transfer("https://www.fih-hockey.it/TessOnLine/wfrmPagaCarta.aspx
")
End If
End Sub
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> Server.Transfer("https://www.fih-hockey.it/TessOnLine/wfrmPagaCarta.aspx")
Is it not simply that the above URL is actually invalid...?
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Hi Mark.
No, unfortunately, the link is valid. (BTW, the site actually listens on
ports 8080/5443, which at this moment are locked but for internal
addresses, so it's unreacheable but from IPs inside the firewall). The
error thrown AFAIK indicates that an absolute url can't be used, only a
virtual one can. Does it make sense? TIA
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Hi Mark, a little clarification!
The code was:
If ServerName = "AMILO" then
Server.Transfer("http://localhost/TessHockey/wfrmPagaCarta.aspx")
else
Server.Transfer("https://www.fih-hockey.it/TessOnLine/wfrmPagaCarta.aspx
")
endif
and the error was thrown even walking the 1st part of the if statement,
so for developing I changed it in a relative path.
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> No, unfortunately, the link is valid. (BTW, the site actually listens on
> ports 8080/5443, which at this moment are locked but for internal
> addresses, so it's unreacheable but from IPs inside the firewall). The
> error thrown AFAIK indicates that an absolute url can't be used, only a
> virtual one can. Does it make sense? TIA
Apologies - completely missed that!
Yes, you're quite correct - Server.Transfer doesn't allow absolute paths,
only relative ones, because it considers a double slash (// or \\) as an
invalid character combination:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms525800.aspx
So, you have three choices:
1) Make the entire site https (probably not a good idea if you only require
SSL on a small section of the site)
2) Use Response.Redirect instead of Server.Transfer (not ideal because of
session management issues)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=e...t+session&meta=
3) Use this:
http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/W...mid=53615&exp=0
It's a superb add-in for ASP.NET and, once you've configured it, you really
can just forget it.
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
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> It's a very interesting solution you quotes on your 3rd chance. I'm
> going to try this approach.
I use it for all my sites and web apps which require SSL.
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
re:
!> the site actually listens on ports 8080/5443
If those are the ports which the site listens on, and :
https://www.fih-hockey.it/TessOnLine/wfrmPagaCarta.aspx
is the URL you redirect to, you're redirecting to port 80, not 8080.
I wonder if that could have something to do with your problem.
If you want to redirect to that URL, on port 8080, you should use :
https://www.fih-hockey.it:8080/Tess...mPagaCarta.aspx
Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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> Hi Mark.
> No, unfortunately, the link is valid. (BTW, the site actually listens on
> ports 8080/5443, which at this moment are locked but for internal
> addresses, so it's unreacheable but from IPs inside the firewall). The
> error thrown AFAIK indicates that an absolute url can't be used, only a
> virtual one can. Does it make sense? TIA
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And, of course, that assumes you're using 8080 as your SSL port.
If you're using 5443 as your SSL port, that URL would be :
https://www.fih-hockey.it:5443/Tess...mPagaCarta.aspx
Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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> re:
> !> the site actually listens on ports 8080/5443
> If those are the ports which the site listens on, and :
> https://www.fih-hockey.it/TessOnLine/wfrmPagaCarta.aspx
> is the URL you redirect to, you're redirecting to port 80, not 8080.
> I wonder if that could have something to do with your problem.
> If you want to redirect to that URL, on port 8080, you should use :
> https://www.fih-hockey.it:8080/Tess...mPagaCarta.aspx
>
>
> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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