We have a web application that users can use by first authenticating
themselves via a secure connection (HTTPS/SSL).
If one goes directly to that secure page then one can log in successfully
using most browsers (tested with IE6, FireFox & Netscape). These are all
running on a machine running XP SP2.
A company using this web application displays the secure logon page
"embedded" within their corporate site (using Frames). This causes a
problem.... The logon procedure still works as expected using FireFox or
Netscape, but does not work using IE6. This has been tested on two
machines, one running XP sp1 and the other XP sp2.
The symptom is that after completing the form with the logon credentials,
the user clicks on the "logon" button and the page appears to refresh itself
with the form input boxes all blanked.
I suspect that this is a browser setting that is causing this behaviour, but
which one I don't know. Someone suggested that setting the security level
to LOW should fix this, but we of course can't go around suggesting that
users downgrade their security.
Does anyone know what the specific issue could be and what acceptable advice
I could pass on to the end user?
Many thanks in advance
Griff