[thelist] Querystring Question

[John Paul Ashenfelter]

Don't know off the top of my head what the relevant specification is for
query strings, if there is one, but I *do* know that the 256 character
"restriction" was a result of code in some early browsers and servers. That
*may* be because of an RFC, but I haven't run into a restriction in years.

As an aside, though, I'd POST the data for a number of reasons and so this
becomes a non-issue.

Regards,

John Paul Ashenfelter
CTO/Transitionpoint
ashenfelterj at transitionpoint.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Smith" <rob.smith at THERMON.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 2:15 PM
Subject: [thelist] Querystring Question


> Hi, quick question.
>
> Thanks for your time on my previous posting(s). The querystring object in
my
> mind can be no longer that 256 chars. Well I just performed a test from a
> massive form using GET and did a
> response.write(request.servervariables("QUERY_STRING")). The output was
well
> over 1500 characters. Is that right?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Smith [mailto:rob.smith at THERMON.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:00 PM
> To: 'thelist at lists.evolt.org'
> Subject: RE: [thelist] https question
>
>
> So Aleem,
>
> You can have http://www.yourdomain.com as the main page and somewhere
inside
> the site, include a login link to
https://www.yourdomain.com/yourloginpage/
> and, like magic, all communication from that point on is secure?
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aleem Bawany [mailto:aleem.bawany at utoronto.ca]
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:46 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: RE: [thelist] https question
>
>
> > The login form is not on a secure page but if make the
> > form action go to a secure page like: <form
> > action=https://www.domain.com/form.cgi > does the form
> > submit the information securely?
>
> no, all data will be sent in clear text. You must use
> https on the page where the secure transfer is to
> originate (the login page).
>
> aleem
>
> [ http://members.evolt.org/aleem/ ]
>
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