Re: [mv] Desperation: secure server made my catalog flip out

[Handytman@aol.com]

Yes, Joachim.
I have set SecureURL. I set it to https://__SERVER_NAME____CGI_URL__
where _SERVER_NAME_ is www.mydomain.com and _CGI_URL_ is /mycgi/myprogram.cgi

-Rob

In a message dated 10/21/99 4:52:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jojo@buchonline.net writes:

> On 20 Oct, Handytman@aol.com wrote:
>  > ******    message to minivend-users from Handytman@aol.com     ******
>  > 
>  > I have been having great success with MiniVend. Tonight is my first 
truly 
>  > terrifying experience...
>  > 
>  > All was well with my catalog. Pages were good, one-click searches were 
> good; 
>  > shopping cart (ord/basket), checkout (ord/checkout), report, receipt-  
all 
> 
>  > good! So, tonight, my ISP sets up the secure server (Ben Stronghold 
type). 
> 
>  > Once they inform me of this, I upload a changed catalog.cfg. The *only* 
>  > change is in SecureURL. It was:
>  > http://__SERVER_NAME____CGI_URL__
>  > I added the 's' to make it:
>  > https://__SERVER_NAME____CGI_URL__
>  > I ran reconfig, and right before my eyes the whole thing blew up in my 
> face. 
>  > My pages started showing a bit of MiniVend markup, right through the 
> browser 
>  > window.(  
>  
>  [DEL]
>  
>  Have you
>  
>  Variable    SECURE_SERVER   https://__MVC_SERVERNAME__
>  
>  ########### SecureURL
>  ##
>  ## Default: blank
>  #
>  # If you are using an SSL or Secure HTTP server, this is the URL
>  # which will be used for processing orders securely.  For SSL, it
>  # is usually the same URL as normal, except that it uses
>  # 'https' instead of 'http'. Add the 'https' if you have a
>  # secure server.
>  #
>  SecureURL               https://__SERVER_NAME____CGI_URL__
>  
>  in your catalog.cfg?
>  
>  Regards,
>  
>  Joachim