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Dec 12, 2013, 9:54 AM
11 Posts

SSL Security bug?

  • Category: Domino Server
  • Platform: Windows
  • Release: 9.0
  • Role:
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  • Replies: 2

The option "Require SSL connection" is enabled on names.nsf

Redirects to SSL:

http://www.domain.com/names.nsf

DOES NOT redirect to SSL:

http://www.domain.com/names.nsf?Login

Dec 12, 2013, 8:07 PM
27 Posts
Not a bug
The ?Login  url is a special url (similar to ?ChangePassword etc) that never opens the database in the url path to check the SSL bit,  In addition the ?Login command uses a  POST request and cannot be redirected, if it where to be redirected one would lost the post data/credentials and login would fail, so for that reason we do not redirect it.

Additional info


The database name in the url is only present to dispatch the request to the Domino Web Engine to handle the login request (and could be any <dbname>.nsf)  The ?Login URL does not read/return any information from the database to the browser.  If the requirement that all access to the server and/or names.nsf should be over SSL then configuration changes at the server level are required and not just the database level.


If one requires the ?Login over SSL, there are other configuration settings to force the post back url in the login form to use SSL to post the login credentials.

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