http->https->http redirection causes browser to show alert dialog

From: Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:46:20 +0000
Subject: http->https->http redirection causes browser to show alert dialog
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I have a login page with a form where users enter there login and password. The form's action is "https://mysite.com/login.php". login.php authenticates the user and if the authentication is successful it ends with a: header("Location: http://mysite.com/welcome.html?a=b&c=etc..."); The problem I am facing is that the flow of event is: http -> https -> http and this causes IE and Netscape to put up an alert box telling users that they are leaving a secured site. The IE messages is: "You are about to be redirected to a connection that is not secure. The information you are sending to the current site might be retransmitted to a non-secure site. Do you wish to continue?" I only want to use HTTPS for the parts of my web site that actually need it and nothing else. The way I have things set up now I receive the data through HTTPS, use it, and then put the user back on a "regular" HTTP connection since I don't need https anymore. But I get browsers throwing up these warnings .... Is there a way around this? The messages are annoying at best and probably scary to users ... Thanks, Jc

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