Re: Re-write of <form action=https

From: Kevin T. Price (kpckids@cox.net)
Date: 06/26/02


From: "Kevin T. Price" <kpckids@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 21:21:02 -0400


Since in ASP.NET the form will most likely submit to itself, and in good
practice, the HTTPS page should already be protected versus submitting a
non-secure page with someone's login information to a secure processing
page. That defeats the purpose of SSL.

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Kevin T. Price
Co-Author - .NET Framework Security
"Justin" <reply@toGroup.com.au> wrote in message
news:O$IlXjoGCHA.1988@tkmsftngp08...
> In the login page, how do we tell asp.net to use https in the url when we
> login, to ensure that the contents are submitted through SSL? See:
>
> <form runat=server>
>
>     <input type=text name=username runat=server>
>     <input type=password name=password runat=server>
> ...
>
> </form>
>
> In my confused post before, I thought you might have to use classic asp.
> There are some things you can't do with asp.net html server controls I
> think, like when you want to submit to a different page. For SSL, maybe
you
> just use <form action="https://www.mysite.com/login.aspx"> ...
>
> Tks
> J
>
>
>


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