SSL redirection problem

We are running IIS 6.0 on a Server 2003 SP 1 machine.
we have set up redirection using the custom error 403.4 error.
Firefox , opera, safari work just fine and redirect.
IE 6 and 7 show the 403 error instead of redirecting like it's supposed to.

Any ideas.? ?

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ulyses96

Re: SSL redirection problem

Hi,

It is up to each browser to determine whether to display their own error
message (based on the HTTP status) or your custom page.

Did you set the HTTP status to 200 OK for your custom error page? That
should cause the client to process the page as a normal page.

Also, 403.4 is "SSL required". Ensure that you uncheck the "require SSL"
checkbox for your custom error page!

Cheers
Ken

"ulyses_96" wrote in message
news:85D6C0C1-5055-4D17-90DF-F1C0417EB81A@microsoft.com...
> We are running IIS 6.0 on a Server 2003 SP 1 machine.
> we have set up redirection using the custom error 403.4 error.
> Firefox , opera, safari work just fine and redirect.
> IE 6 and 7 show the 403 error instead of redirecting like it's supposed
> to.
>
> Any ideas.? ?
>
> --
> ulyses96

Re: SSL redirection problem

Thank you for the help . However, what i was trying to do was using the 403
error message as a redirection tool.
Either way i found out what the problem was. And this might help others in
the community with the same problem.
IE requires that the html code of the redirection page be at least 513
characters.
all other browsers don't . this is the reason why it was working on other
browsers but not on mine. Go figure. who would set such a rule??? we
spent 3 days trying to troubleshoot this one problem.


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ulyses96


"Ken Schaefer" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It is up to each browser to determine whether to display their own error
> message (based on the HTTP status) or your custom page.
>
> Did you set the HTTP status to 200 OK for your custom error page? That
> should cause the client to process the page as a normal page.
>
> Also, 403.4 is "SSL required". Ensure that you uncheck the "require SSL"
> checkbox for your custom error page!
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
> "ulyses_96" wrote in message
> news:85D6C0C1-5055-4D17-90DF-F1C0417EB81A@microsoft.com...
> > We are running IIS 6.0 on a Server 2003 SP 1 machine.
> > we have set up redirection using the custom error 403.4 error.
> > Firefox , opera, safari work just fine and redirect.
> > IE 6 and 7 show the 403 error instead of redirecting like it's supposed
> > to.
> >
> > Any ideas.? ?
> >
> > --
> > ulyses96
>
>

Re: SSL redirection problem

"ulyses_96" wrote in message
news:8EE20102-0712-48BA-971A-BA61712BA61F@microsoft.com...
> Thank you for the help . However, what i was trying to do was using the
> 403
> error message as a redirection tool.
> Either way i found out what the problem was. And this might help others
> in
> the community with the same problem.
> IE requires that the html code of the redirection page be at least 513
> characters.
> all other browsers don't . this is the reason why it was working on other
> browsers but not on mine. Go figure. who would set such a rule??? we
> spent 3 days trying to troubleshoot this one problem.

Hi,

This is documented here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=218155

Part of the problem is that a lot of sites send very short, unfriendly, HTTP
messages that users dont' understand. So IE substitues a friendly message
*if you have "Show Friendly HTTP messages" checked*

But if you do the redirect via HTTP status (301/302), or if you change the
HTTP status (as I mentioned before) then you don't have this issue

Cheers
Ken


>
>
> --
> ulyses96
>
>
> "Ken Schaefer" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It is up to each browser to determine whether to display their own error
>> message (based on the HTTP status) or your custom page.
>>
>> Did you set the HTTP status to 200 OK for your custom error page? That
>> should cause the client to process the page as a normal page.
>>
>> Also, 403.4 is "SSL required". Ensure that you uncheck the "require SSL"
>> checkbox for your custom error page!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ken
>>
>> "ulyses_96" wrote in message
>> news:85D6C0C1-5055-4D17-90DF-F1C0417EB81A@microsoft.com...
>> > We are running IIS 6.0 on a Server 2003 SP 1 machine.
>> > we have set up redirection using the custom error 403.4 error.
>> > Firefox , opera, safari work just fine and redirect.
>> > IE 6 and 7 show the 403 error instead of redirecting like it's
>> > supposed
>> > to.
>> >
>> > Any ideas.? ?
>> >
>> > --
>> > ulyses96
>>
>>

Re: SSL redirection problem

thank you for your help!!!


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ulyses96


"Ken Schaefer" wrote:

> "ulyses_96" wrote in message
> news:8EE20102-0712-48BA-971A-BA61712BA61F@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you for the help . However, what i was trying to do was using the
> > 403
> > error message as a redirection tool.
> > Either way i found out what the problem was. And this might help others
> > in
> > the community with the same problem.
> > IE requires that the html code of the redirection page be at least 513
> > characters.
> > all other browsers don't . this is the reason why it was working on other
> > browsers but not on mine. Go figure. who would set such a rule??? we
> > spent 3 days trying to troubleshoot this one problem.
>
> Hi,
>
> This is documented here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=218155
>
> Part of the problem is that a lot of sites send very short, unfriendly, HTTP
> messages that users dont' understand. So IE substitues a friendly message
> *if you have "Show Friendly HTTP messages" checked*
>
> But if you do the redirect via HTTP status (301/302), or if you change the
> HTTP status (as I mentioned before) then you don't have this issue
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
>
> >
> >
> > --
> > ulyses96
> >
> >
> > "Ken Schaefer" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> It is up to each browser to determine whether to display their own error
> >> message (based on the HTTP status) or your custom page.
> >>
> >> Did you set the HTTP status to 200 OK for your custom error page? That
> >> should cause the client to process the page as a normal page.
> >>
> >> Also, 403.4 is "SSL required". Ensure that you uncheck the "require SSL"
> >> checkbox for your custom error page!
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Ken
> >>
> >> "ulyses_96" wrote in message
> >> news:85D6C0C1-5055-4D17-90DF-F1C0417EB81A@microsoft.com...
> >> > We are running IIS 6.0 on a Server 2003 SP 1 machine.
> >> > we have set up redirection using the custom error 403.4 error.
> >> > Firefox , opera, safari work just fine and redirect.
> >> > IE 6 and 7 show the 403 error instead of redirecting like it's
> >> > supposed
> >> > to.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas.? ?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > ulyses96
> >>
> >>
>
>