Web Development

22-Jun-03 22:19

We are going to be moving from one live web server, to 3 forming a web farm in the next month or so. We'll be using SQL and cookies to track sessions, and so far the examples I've looked at look great. However, one thing I'm not too sure of it the Verisign certificates. Obviously I have contacted them for more info, and it's looking very interesting, but I was wondering if anyone has experience of this, and if so, what advice (do's / don'ts Smile | :)

) you give?

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Nino_123-Jun-03 16:14

23-Jun-03 16:14

I would, if you can ! get your own certificate server (Netscape).

You can request your certs from the MMC within IIS (if you are using IIS) and go to town

The cipher strength can be whatever 40bit, 128bit etc.

This will insure the protection of the packets being routed and the whole nine yards.

My employer considred VeriSign but decided it was too much of a hassle, not to mention the overhead.

Tony

Rocky Moore23-Jun-03 22:38

Rocky Moore

23-Jun-03 22:38

Do you know of a good on-line tutorial on this subject. I have been planning on a SSL gatway on my web server but it is all new to me, have not done anything with SSL/HTTPS before.

Rocky Moore <><

Nino_124-Jun-03 15:16

24-Jun-03 15:16

Rocky,

I found this "how to" on technet:

Enable SSL for All Customers Who Interact with Your Web Site in Internet Information Services

And this one on Cisco:

Cisco IOS Public-Key Infrastructure:
Deployment Benefits and Features

Tony

Megan Forbes26-Jun-03 1:34

26-Jun-03 1:34

Hi,

I was just wondering - have you set one of your machines up to be a certificate server then? I know this is possible using Win 2000, but then who is backing you up as it were, to prove you are who you say you are?

Thanks Smile | :)

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Megan Forbes27-Jun-03 6:18

27-Jun-03 6:18

Hi

I was asking you - but that post seems to be missing now Smile | :)

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Nino_127-Jun-03 13:57

27-Jun-03 13:57

Megan Forbes wrote:
who is backing you up as it were, to prove you are who you say you are?

M,

Is this related to the topic?

Are we talking about authentication?

Please clarify.

Thanks

Tony

Megan Forbes28-Jun-03 21:31

28-Jun-03 21:31

Hi Tony,

When you have a certificate from Verisign you aren't only using SSL, but there's the added benefit with people being able to see that a reputable organisation like Verisign say you are who you say you are. We don't want to lose this as we have brokers trading through our site.

If we issue our own certificates, who is backing us up? We could be rogues, pretending to be Virtual Net (Europe) plc, stealing the money. I was wondering if you've found a way of getting around this.

Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams

Nino_129-Jun-03 7:30

Frames and visited links.

29-Jun-03 7:30

M,
I see what you mean!! That is a good reason to have an org like Verisign !!!

Liability would be a strong contender in your setup.

Our setup has a differernt purpose. I do know that it would take a hacker many moons to Decrypt a 128bit encryption algorithm, but when you deal with peoples finances it's one that requires vigilance--ongoing.

I don't have a workaround, however, I was thinking that if you use your own SSL certs they are less likley to be exposed to any other third party. Not to say that Verisign would be vulnerable to compromise, but hence the saying "too many cooks in the kitchen" anythings possible.

Your post has prompted me to look further into this by all means. If I find something out I will pass it on.

Thanks M

Tony

Rocky Moore21-Jun-03 3:41

Rocky Moore

21-Jun-03 3:41

Lets say I have to frames in a frame page. In panel (A) I have links:

Link 1
Link 2
Link 3

All of which target panel (B). In panel (B) I have some text and link to "Link 2". A user then clicks in panel (B) on "Link 2" which replaces Panel (B) with the contents of "Link 2". How about I go about refreshing Panel (A) so that the link shows as someone has already visited it without refreshing the entire panel?
That is the Visitied link color does not automatically show until the page is refreshed. Is there something that can refresh the page without fetching the page again so that the link changes color?

Oh yeah, and lets say that in Panel (B) I do not know if the link exists on Panel (A) so I can not adjust he color of the link manually.

Rocky Moore <><

Be gone, horizontal scrollbar!

Taka Muraoka20-Jun-03 17:17

Taka Muraoka

20-Jun-03 17:17

I want to show a very wide image on a page but not have it cause a horizontal scrollbar to appear.

I found the overflow-x attribute[^] but it only works on IE6. Is there a portable way of doing this (without using frames Smile | :)

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Re: Be gone, horizontal scrollbar!

James T. Johnson20-Jun-03 17:57

James T. Johnson

20-Jun-03 17:57

Could you set the image as the background image for the page or a div?

James

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Is it possible to reload page in ModalDialog window?

Thomas W20-Jun-03 3:18

Thomas W

20-Jun-03 3:18

What I need is to reload the page with parameters depending on users selection.

First from application main window i open new dialog (using javascript):

showModalDialog(DIALOG_NAME, DlgParameters, DlgAtributes);

(dialog name, parameters and atributes are predefined or generated variables).

Till here everything works fine, but when I try to reload the page it automaticaly opens new browser window.

<a href="SelectData.aspx?d=125&m=15">DATA 15</a><br />
<a href="SelectData.aspx?d=151&m=16">DATA 16</a>

Same happens when I try it with javascript i.e:

<a href="javascript:ReloadWindow('SelectData.aspx?d=125&m=15')">DATA 15</a>

function ReloadWindow(DestinationURL)<br />
{<br />
	document.location = DestinationURL;<br />
}

Everything works fine when I use browser window instead of ModalDialog window.

So is it posible to reload the page inside the ModalDialog window?
If yes, how?

Re: Is it possible to reload page in ModalDialog window?

basementman20-Jun-03 5:21

Re: Is it possible to reload page in ModalDialog window?

20-Jun-03 5:21

The only way to reload, navigate or do form posts in a modal dialog is to create a dialog that serves as a "host container" for the actual page, which resides in an iframe. In the following example, just replace the iframe src tag with your page url:

<html>
<head>
<title>Multi Select Lookup</title>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript>
<!--
var g_iInterval = 0;
var g_iLoop = 0;

function window_onload()
{
  document.all["LookupPanel"].style.display = "";
  document.all["LoadingMsg"].style.display = "none";

  window_onresize();
  window.returnValue = "";  // default to empty string
  g_iInterval = window.setInterval("CheckForSave()",200);
}


function CheckForSave() {
if (window.returnValue.substr(0,1) == "R")
  {
    g_iLoop++;
    if (g_iLoop > 2)
      {
        window.clearInterval(g_iInterval);
        window.close();
      }
  }
}


function window_onresize() {
var oLP = document.all["LookupPanel"];
oLP.style.posHeight = document.body.offsetHeight;
oLP.style.posWidth = document.body.offsetWidth;
}

//-->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY background="::{ImageDir}/body_back.gif" bottomMargin=0 leftMargin=0 rightMargin=0 topMargin=0 LANGUAGE=javascript onload="return window_onload()" onresize="return window_onresize()">
<span id=Retval style="display: none"></span>
<SPAN id=LoadingMsg style="z-index: 0; position: absolute; left: 0; top: 100; width: 100%; text-align: center">Loading...</SPAN>
<IFRAME id=LookupPanel src="!!YOUR URL HERE!!" marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 hspace=0 frameborder=1 style="HEIGHT: 10px; WIDTH: 10px; Z-INDEX=10; DISPLAY: none" vspace=0></IFRAME>

Then, in your page, when you need to close it (or doing a form post), simply set the following:

function OnCancelButtonClicked() {
window.parent.close();
}

function FormOnSubmit() {
// close parent dlg...
window.parent.returnValue = "R";
}

Using this as a foundation, we were able to develop true multipage Wizard dialogs and Tabbed dialogs.

onwards and upwards...

Thanks basementman.

Thomas W22-Jun-03 20:57

Thomas W

22-Jun-03 20:57

Cool, it works fine, Thanks.
Wink | ;)

theJazzyBrain23-Jun-03 4:44

Re: Is it possible to reload page in ModalDialog window?

23-Jun-03 4:44

Well done my friend...

Very good... Why dont you write an rticle about this?...

I am developing a web app which requires alot of wizards etc...
I think that I am going to use this..

Thanx alot... Big Grin | :-D

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basementman23-Jun-03 4:48

Re: Is it possible to reload page in ModalDialog window?

23-Jun-03 4:48

Who has time to write articles....and how interested are people here about HTML... seems to be a C++ dominated board. If you are interested, I could share with you some "wizard" templates and "tabbed dialog" templates.

onwards and upwards...

theJazzyBrain23-Jun-03 4:52

Re: Is it possible to reload page in ModalDialog window?

23-Jun-03 4:52

that would be great...

Although I haven't got anything to give you as I am still on design ...
implementation will start in 2,5 weeks...

but I am open to anything you can share...

And there are people who are developing heavy web apps, like me! and these tips are very helpful... Big Grin | :-D

By the way, have you ever used the Web Service Behavior?

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basementman23-Jun-03 5:00

Re: Is it possible to reload page in ModalDialog window?

23-Jun-03 5:00

Just some background: In addition to electronic mail campaign software, we have a group that develops a C++ targeted web application server. In addition, there are numerous client libraries that ship with the product. Items such as calculators, calendars, form validation, drilldown trees, wizard dialogs, tabbed dialogs, etc. What we try to do is provide the framework for developing the fastest, most scalable web apps possible, while providing the same functionality that you would get with a regular client app. So, many of these libraries have been developed over the last couple years.

But, I'd be glad to help you out.

onwards and upwards...

theJazzyBrain23-Jun-03 5:09

Re: Is it possible to reload page in ModalDialog window?

23-Jun-03 5:09

Interesting...

Well, I am a MSc in Distributed Information Systems student and I am doing my final project on Web Content Management Systems. I am developing a web based WCMS which has a very rich client interface. I am trying to make it look like MS Word in order to be familiar to the users. Hence I decided to have wizards and tabed dialogs for setting page properties, meta data, users and user groups, etc. and all these in modal dialogs...

thats why I found your code so helpful... Big Grin | :-D

I would be interested in having a look at your wizard and tabbed dialogs...

Is there a web site that I can have a look at?

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basementman23-Jun-03 6:03

Re: Is it possible to reload page in ModalDialog window?

23-Jun-03 6:03

I threw together a quick demo for you at the following address: http://test.pubsuite.com/Jeff/DesignerDemo/HTMLDesignerContainerFrame.htm

Hope this inspires you to make a great app!

onwards and upwards...

theJazzyBrain23-Jun-03 7:58

Re: Is it possible to reload page in ModalDialog window?

23-Jun-03 7:58

Interesting...

I like the tabbed dialogs... it is excactly what I need...
Actually the app is abit similar to what I am doing...

I will show you when I have a demo up and running...

Where can I contact you?

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basementman23-Jun-03 8:03