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Aug 04.2003

I have a security question. If I have a form that is located at an [url]http://[/url] address, but the form action is [url]https://[/url] – is this data secure? It gets postred right away to a [url]https://[/url] port, so I figure that teh data would be secure. If not, does anyone konw why?

ex – I have a form located at [url]http://myserver.com[/url] and teh form action=https://myserver.com/proces./asp

I figure the data is posted in to teh [url]https://[/url] port, so why not? Thanks!

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@nkaisareAug 04.2003 — The data submitted via https will be encrypted and secure. Data transmitted by http will not.

If you are only passing form html via http, whereas form is submitted via https, the deta submitted by user is transmitted securely.

Additional:

You can reduce computational burden in secure transactions by passing images and information not required to be secure (such as general site navigation, background images etc) via http instead of https. Of course the browser will prompt the user whether its OK to display the insecure data.
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@cseppalaauthorAug 05.2003 — That is what I thought and have always learned. We are having such a hard time convincing people that the login is being poosted securly. Thanks for your response! Take care~
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