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Re: SSL problem: "No items in your basket" on many minivend sites
****** message to minivend-users from Marius Schaefer <maillist@b-p-a.com> ******
Hi,
take a look at
http://www.minivend.com:80/minivend/minivend-list/1999/msg03142.html
Joe Mazz wrote:
> Dear Minivend gurus:
>
> My minivend catalog project was operating just fine through the
> checkout
> phase,
> until I ventured into using SSL. I have been experiencing a problem
> that
> Russ@khouse.org
> described in a posting back in November 1998. Without SSL the
> checkout
> process works fine, but SSL is required to do business in the real
> world.
> With SSL, when the final page comes up (served by ord/checkout.html),
> minivend thinks there are no items in the shopping cart, so you can't
> check out.
>
> I found no messages in the minivend mail archive following up on
> Russ's
> posting to
> offer a solution to this problem. Other postings mention numerous
> related problems
> regarding configuring or using Minivend with SSL, but follow-up
> postings
> again don't
> offer clear solutions, only possible "hints."
>
> Today I surveyed six catalogs on the Web that are using Minivend, and
> with
> Netscape Communicator 4.07 I was not able to keep anything in the
> "backet" to
> complete an order on any of them! Assuming these sites have been
> taking
> orders from
> some people, I can only conclude it is a brower issue. Assuming I am
> not alone in this
> problem, it is possible that many potential customers are turned away
> from minivend sites
> because after ordering items, users simply cannot check out.
>
> I suspect it has something to do with cookies issued from the non-SSL
> pages being
> mismatched with those issued from the SSL server for the checkout
> page.
> Is a possible solution to set options in minivend.cfg or catalog.cfg
> to
> not use cookies?
>
> Does anyone have a FAQ document to help developers with this and
> other
> problems
> with minivend's interaction with SSL?
>
> Any solutions will be highly appeciated (by many of us, I'm sure).
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe
>
> http://www.minivend.com:80/minivend/minivend-list/1998-old/2026.html
>
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>
> Cart contents missing in Secure
>
> Russ (russ@khouse.org)
> Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:22:35 -0800
>
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>
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> I am having a problem with the contents of a shopping cart
> disappearing when
> going to a secure URL, but only in 4.0 browsers.
>
> I am running IRIX 6.2 on an SGI challenge. I have Apache 1.3.1
> installed,
> and Netscape Enterprise 3. The secure certificate is installed on
> Netscape,
> and the rest of the domain is on Apache. The minivend version is 3.11,
>
> running one catalog in Unix mode. I have a basket.html which is
> non-secure,
> and a checkout.html which is secure, by the AlwaysSecure directive:
> ord/checkout.
>
> What I've tried:
>
> Using 3.0 browsers (NS and IE 3) pages served non-securely will show
> the
> contents of a basket, based on the [if items] tag. Other components of
> the
> page display based on this tag also. (The button for shopping cart and
>
> checkout are not available unless you have items!) The page served
> securely
> also shows the contents of the basket. Everything seems to work just
> fine.
>
> Using 4.0 browsers however, the pages served non-securely show the
> contents,
> while the pages served securely do not. If I take the AlwaysSecure
> directive off all the pages, it works perfectly, but without SSL (of
> course). I want it to only serve the checkout.html securely. When i
> set
> the basket.html to secure also, it won't display any items. (as if the
> [if
> items] is returning false). It doesn't empty my cart, as i can follow
> a
> non-secure link and the contents come right back.
>
> I've tried setting things up using the IP address, in case its the
> naming
> that is messed up, but that didn't do it. The error logs have no
> errors for
> these transactions. I'm pretty well stumped!
>
> --------------------------------------------Russ
> A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will
> not go
> unpunished.
>
> Proverbs 28:20
>
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> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">I am=20 having a
> problem with the contents of a shopping cart disappearing when = going
> to=20 a secure URL, but only in 4.0 browsers.I am=20 running IRIX 6.2
> on an SGI challenge. I have Apache 1.3.1 = installed, and=20 Netscape
> Enterprise 3. The secure certificate is installed on = Netscape,=20
> and the rest of the domain is on Apache. The minivend version is =
> 3.11,=20 running one catalog in Unix mode. I have a basket.html which
> is=20 non-secure, and a checkout.html which is secure, by the
> AlwaysSecure = directive:=20 ord/checkout. What=20 I've tried:Using=20
> 3.0 browsers (NS and IE 3) pages served non-securely will show the =
> contents of a=20 basket, based on the [if items] tag. Other
> components of the page = display=20 based on this tag also. (The
> button for shopping cart and checkout are = not=20 available unless
> you have items!) The page served securely also = shows the=20
> contents of the basket. Everything seems to work just=20
> fine.Using=20 4.0 browsers however, the pages served non-securely show
> the contents, = while the=20 pages served securely do not. If I take
> the AlwaysSecure directive = off all=20 the pages, it works perfectly,
> but without SSL (of course). I want = it to=20 only serve the
> checkout.html securely. When i set the basket.html = to=20 secure
> also, it won't display any items. (as if the [if items] is=20
> returning false). It doesn't empty my cart, as i can follow a =
> non-secure=20 link and the contents come right back.I've=20 tried
> setting things up using the IP address, in case its the naming = that
> is=20 messed up, but that didn't do it. The error logs have no errors
> = for these=20 transactions. I'm pretty well
> stumped! --------------------------------------------Russ
>
> A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will
> = not go=20 unpunished.
>
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