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Toni_5704
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Oct 26, 2010

irules and j_security_check

Hello,     Our security officer asked us to secure via SSL the user/password sent by our login page, and we would like to use the F5 to do this.       We are using the standard Jakarta T...
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Oct 27, 2010
>Couldn't you configure Tomcat to use HTTPS?

 

We would like to use the F5 because we need to secure a whole bunch of apps using different technologies. Most WebApp are using Tomcat/Jboss, but others are WebObjects or even C++.The F5 could secure the passwords transmission in a centralized manner.

 

 

> to rewrite the form action from a local reference (HTTP) to an absolute reference with HTTPS

 

 

then how do we go back to HTTP after the login as been done ?

 

 

Cheers,

 

 

-toni