Re: [nyphp-talk] Switching Forth and Back Between HTTP and HTTPS

2008-08-10 Thread Michael B Allen
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:31 PM, John Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/08, Michael B Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> True. But POST-ing while also transitioning between HTTP and HTTPS is >> not terribly common. > > There are cases when you want this... imagine an "express buy

Re: [nyphp-talk] Switching Forth and Back Between HTTP and HTTPS

2008-08-10 Thread John Campbell
On 8/10/08, Michael B Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > True. But POST-ing while also transitioning between HTTP and HTTPS is > not terribly common. There are cases when you want this... imagine an "express buy" button. It would post the item data to an https page. You are right that it isn

Re: [nyphp-talk] Switching Forth and Back Between HTTP and HTTPS

2008-08-10 Thread Michael B Allen
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 9:21 PM, John Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/08, Michael B Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> if ($scheme) { >> header('Location: ' . rebuild_url_with_new_scheme($scheme)); >> exit(); >> } > > > The code above won't always work because if the reques

Re: [nyphp-talk] Switching Forth and Back Between HTTP and HTTPS

2008-08-10 Thread John Campbell
On 8/10/08, Michael B Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if ($scheme) { > header('Location: ' . rebuild_url_with_new_scheme($scheme)); > exit(); > } The code above won't always work because if the request is a post request, the post data will not get passed to the https url. I think th

Re: [nyphp-talk] [OT] notebook recommendations - time to retire the Thinkpad t42p... anyone know Lenovo\'s t61p?

2008-08-10 Thread inforequest
5GB of RAM on Vista? Is that Vista 64? Lenova says you're not accessing "4GB or greater" unless you 64 bit. ditto to Hans. I roll with a X61 (tablet) with 5GB Ram and a Core2DUO running Vista^$ (anti bloated), and I\'ve never had a better portable workstation (and gaming pad) _

Re: [nyphp-talk] Switching Forth and Back Between HTTP and HTTPS

2008-08-10 Thread Michael B Allen
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 2:41 PM, John Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How do you handle this scenario? > > I looked at what amazon.com does and assumed they have it right. The > only process that is https is the checkout process. Once you enter > the checkout process, there are essentiall

Re: [nyphp-talk] Switching Forth and Back Between HTTP and HTTPS

2008-08-10 Thread tedd
At 2:24 PM -0400 8/10/08, Michael B Allen wrote: Can someone share their best practices regarding transitioning between HTTP and HTTPS protected resources? For example, consider a page with several tabs - one of which is linked to a shopping cart. The shopping cart should be protected with HTTPS

Re: [nyphp-talk] [OT] notebook recommendations - time to retire the Thinkpad t42p... anyone know Lenovo's t61p?

2008-08-10 Thread Jerry B. Altzman
on 2008-08-10 12:56 David Krings said the following: Jerry B. Altzman wrote: USB->serial connectors are cheap, plentiful, and work like a charm in Windows and Linux. Cheap - true, plentiful - true as well, work like a charm - well,not if you need real RS232C. When I worked at IR we had an adapt

RE: [nyphp-talk] Switching Forth and Back Between HTTP and HTTPS

2008-08-10 Thread inforequest
Keep https on a subdomain like secure.example.com Anything else is problematic later when you want dedicated robots.txt versions etc. -Original Message- From: Michael B Allen ioplex-at-gmail.com |nyphp MAIN ONE dev/internal group use| <...> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:24 AM To: nyph

RE: [nyphp-talk] [OT] notebook recommendations - time to retire the Thinkpad t42p... anyone know Lenovo's t61p?

2008-08-10 Thread inforequest
As I recall the market was flooded with emulators meant for mouse use, and not actually rs232. There is a big difference between adresing hardware thru the os and talking -Original Message- From: Jerry B. Altzman jbaltz-at-altzman.com |nyphp MAIN ONE dev/internal group use| <...> Sent:

Re: [nyphp-talk] Switching Forth and Back Between HTTP and HTTPS

2008-08-10 Thread John Campbell
> How do you handle this scenario? I looked at what amazon.com does and assumed they have it right. The only process that is https is the checkout process. Once you enter the checkout process, there are essentially zero links on the https pages. I feel that once someone clicks "checkout", ther

[nyphp-talk] Switching Forth and Back Between HTTP and HTTPS

2008-08-10 Thread Michael B Allen
Can someone share their best practices regarding transitioning between HTTP and HTTPS protected resources? For example, consider a page with several tabs - one of which is linked to a shopping cart. The shopping cart should be protected with HTTPS whereas the other tabs should not. It's not hard

Re: [nyphp-talk] [OT] notebook recommendations - time to retire the Thinkpad t42p... anyone know Lenovo's t61p?

2008-08-10 Thread David Krings
Jerry B. Altzman wrote: USB->serial connectors are cheap, plentiful, and work like a charm in Windows and Linux. Cheap - true, plentiful - true as well, work like a charm - well,not if you need real RS232C. When I worked at IR we had an adaptor for programming elecrtronic locks and it require

RE: [nyphp-talk] [OT] notebook recommendations - time to retire the Thinkpad t42p... anyone know Lenovo's t61p?

2008-08-10 Thread Hans Zaunere
> I have a PCMCIA rs232 for my t61 and it works great. > > When using a USB->rs232 under windows, running ubuntu in a VM, I notice > really low throughput or just tons of lag. > Not sure why, but the performance is abysmal. The translation between USB/RS232 isn't very good (although, if it's REAL

Re: [nyphp-talk] [OT] notebook recommendations - time to retire the Thinkpad t42p... anyone know Lenovo's t61p?

2008-08-10 Thread Ben Sgro
Hello, I have a PCMCIA rs232 for my t61 and it works great. When using a USB->rs232 under windows, running ubuntu in a VM, I notice really low throughput or just tons of lag. Not sure why, but the performance is abysmal. - Ben Jerry B. Altzman wrote: on 2008-08-09 12:28 inforequest said the

Re: [nyphp-talk] [OT] notebook recommendations - time to retire the Thinkpad t42p... anyone know Lenovo's t61p?

2008-08-10 Thread Jerry B. Altzman
on 2008-08-09 12:28 inforequest said the following: I need a serial port often...its still used quite a bit for null modem connections. I don't expect a 9 pin on my new notebook, but I wouldn't regret one USB->serial connectors are cheap, plentiful, and work like a charm in Windows and Linux